Ghostrunners - 293 - Chicken for Some Drone?

Episode Date: January 3, 2024

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boys we're back happy new year uh i have a little story and then a little exercise for each of you happy new year time keep going great thanks happy new year merry christmas yes thank you excuse me i can't remember if i talked about this in the podcast before but i feel like rachel and i uh saw a t-shirt one time that just you know in that style just the worst t-shirts ever of like you know shine like rudolph uh you know care like the grinch and give like santa or whatever so it's just like one of the worst shirts we were watching the office the other day and just classic rachel question you know she's like what would like one of those t-shirts be like for the office so we're like going back and forth deciding them you know we're like it'd be like work like dwight laugh like jim cook like kevin and love like michael and uh we ended up of fun kind of story we found

this pretty much exact t-shirt on etsy that's hilarious that it exists uh and so now we just do that for everything we're like all right what name a t-shirt so i want to ask you guys now try and come up with that cheesy t-shirt i I'm going to give you guys some categories. What do you think? So you guys come up with them together. Let's go superheroes. What would that t-shirt be? Superheroes.

Okay. Let's reverse engineer superheroes. We got Batman, Superman, Thor, Hammer like Thor. Am I doing it right? Get bit by a bat like Batman. get bit by a bat, like Batman, get bit by a spider, like Spider-Man, have your hammer,

like Thor, have your uncle die, like Spider-Man. Uh, uh, oh, I, I think this type means that it's going down with some random thoughts and white meat to Midwest.

Best friends eating fast food on repeat. So come along, let's have some fun and go ahead, get on your feet. Cause this is the Ghost Rubs Podcast. Everybody morning, we're taking ground. Ghost Rubs Podcast. Ghost Rubs Podcast. So yeah, pretty fun exercise, huh?

Pretty fun exercise. Yeah, it goes pretty quick. Yeah. Speaking of fun exercises, you been running? I want to ask Tymon, did you do your run today, Tymon? I did. Oh! Tymon, you been running?

Two days so far. Tymon's in the group. I need to get in the group. If Tymon's in the group, I got to get in the group. My dad's in the group. No way. Yeah. Dude, your dad's comment killed me.

My wife. Wait, are there comments in the group? There's comments in the group. Oh, guys, I got to get in the group. i gotta get in the group tell me more about the group tell everyone about it oh that's great so uh let's go one stuff no here we go props to rachel because without rachel none of this happens it was her idea um shout out to whichever now i can't remember which ghost it was that started it but someone posted in the group like hey anyone else want to try to run a mile a day? All these people comment.

So one ghostie, whoever you are, thank you. She was like, hey, let's join. There's this app called Strava. A bunch of people use it for running. So she's like, I made a private group. Join it. And so I joined it and was not expecting

to see Tymon in there. And then especially not expecting to see my dad in there. So it was so funny, though. So you can just see everybody's activity. You could see timing in there. And then especially not expected to see my dad in there. So, uh, it was so funny though. You can just see like everybody's, you could see their running activity. If they have like an Apple watch or something, some way to track it,

you can see that. Okay. Um, I guess if you just even just ran with your phone, they can see that. Could I just enter it? Do I, is it like no cheating?

Not, not that I would cheat, but like, let's just say I go on the treadmill at the gym or something. Yeah. Do I just put it in myself? You can manually enter it as well. Cause if it has like a GPS and just like you're in one little spot the whole time, you're like, I ran three miles. How does it work? I'm wondering if there's like a workout on the watches is like treadmill run and maybe

it wouldn't know how long your strides are though. I don't know. I don't know. You just got to do it for real. You just got to do it. That's what I say. Get out and run. That's Tymon's thing. Yeah, I couldn't believe it. So it's a pretty good app. It's fun. It's just fun. This is another spot. We've hung out with Ghosties in the lobbies of shows in Kansas City,

in Florida, soon Gulf Shores. One room. Multiple rooms. Multiple rooms. I've hung out with them in fantasy football group chats. Yep. And now the Strava app it's just another place to keep building

the community which is really fun so yeah there's like I don't know did you just run with your phone Tymon? Yeah. Okay so you can connect you know the health app on your phone to the Strava app to where like when you get over the workout it just auto just uploads it to Strava

which is nice. Strato. And you can go back and like you know throwing some like i throw in a picture of rachel and i throw in some comments timon had one comment three words he ran a mile timing just said hell on earth oh made me laugh and uh yeah then my dad threw a comment in there that said at the end of my run i saw jesus and yeah i just wasn't expecting to see them too. And so, yeah, what were your thoughts on your run, Diamond? Yesterday, yeah, like I said, it was pretty horrible. It's so cold outside right now too.

It was okay, and I didn't think ahead. I had no hat, no gloves. I had nothing to keep me warm. I mean, I had like a jacket, but man, I hated it. Where did you go? did you just start your house or did you start my house and i went and just like watched the app until i got to half a mile and i turned around um but it was like i mean i think i just didn't pace myself i also just don't

know how to run you did it quick though but yeah i think it was like that's probably why you hated it i know i realized i was like i went way too fast for my first run in like months. Yeah. It was like a seven minute, 52nd mile. Yeah. It was very impressed. Yeah. Very quick. Did you stop at all? Probably not. It was seven 50. No, Brad. Do you remember back time in like four years ago, Jake, uh, in middle school, um, when you had to do the mile, did you guys have to do that? Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And if it was like a cold day out or rainy days had doing the gym, just like, all right, do 48 laps. The gym was rough. Yeah. Yeah. 48 down and backs or whatever it was. Ours was just around

like in a circle, however many times, 40 times or 28 times or whatever. Uh, that the first time we ever had to run a mile, I so deathly scared it sounded like i was running a marathon to me in my head like people are like it's not that bad it's not that bad i was like better eat some fettuccine today it's gonna be really hard uh it wasn't so bad but um some of those you so you overestimated i think i underestimated it like it's a mile exactly it's a mile right now if i did it i would die because because I have not run like that in a long time. But back in middle school, you're playing sports every other day, if not more. Not that big of a deal back then.

Not a huge deal. My least favorite form of conditioning back in the day, even when I was in good shape, was baseball conditioning. One, they made you do it in the first place. Why? Yeah, they were so into that. Hey, pitchers especially. Pitchers, let's get running.

Why? We all stand still. And also baseball cleats, the worst cleats to run in. Yes. Heavy, clanky, metal. And yeah, they pick up a lot of the stuff on the ground. They bring dirt with them. Yeah, they get heavier as you go. Yeah.

And it's not meant to sprint around the outfield in this thing. No. I felt 1,000 pounds when I ran in baseball cleats. First person to ever make me do baseball conditioning, my coach. the outfield in this thing. No, I felt a thousand pounds and I ran in baseball cleats, but first person ever make me do baseball conditioning, my coach, uncle John, and I was like, what are we? And it was, it was like classic, like fence practice, you know? Like it was so early in the season, January probably. All right. Pole to pole. Yeah. I was like, why, why for who? That's a great question.

Like the one time a kid hits it to the warning track. Cool. I will have enough of a burst to do it then. And it's not going to happen six more times after that. I don't need long distance. In consecutive pitches. Yeah. Yeah, that was ridiculous.

But running has been, I've done it two days now, two mornings. And there are some people, you can see in the Strava app, a couple people are runners. Luis Chavez, you seen him? I don't think so. I think he runs marathons. Oh, he does. You know him? Yeah, he was at Grand Debut. Was he really? I think we even, like, joked. No, it wasn't

about that, but it was about something, like, running related. Really? Yeah. Yeah, so, and there's another girl in there, Cassie, because you can see all their data, and it's like, oh, Cassie ran five miles at a seven-minute pace. Okay. Cassie's doing just fine. She's the real deal. Cassie's doing just fine. Yeah. Cassie and Luis, they're in there, they're runners. So this is not going to relate to them, but for the rest of us that are just starting to do this, it's awful. And here's the breakdown that I've figured out. The first 30% of running, you have all the self-confidence

in the world. And you're like, this isn't so bad. Why did I hate this yesterday? I'm already getting in better shape, I think. The second 30% is when you start to notice, like, I think my pace is slowing down a little bit. I think I, you know what? My hands are getting pretty cold. And then the last 30% is hating every second of it and thinking how much better this would be

if I was just playing basketball or playing sand volleyball. And you think of all the different ways this could be better and it's miserable and you're starting to get sweaty. And then the last 10% is like, Duper's almost done. Just sprint it. Yeah. Just sprint it. And, uh, and then that's when you get back to your house and then Rachel is all chipper and it's like, that was fun. And then I am sprawled out on the floor and she's like, what did you think? And I say, later. I'll tell you later.

You're like, I can taste my blood in my throat. Hang on. Yeah. Hang on. Yeah, I go so hard to last 10%. And that's what running is right now. Does Rachel just run with you or does she say, okay, I'll see you. I'm going to go do three more laps.

Well, that's the thing. I am faster than her. Okay. Pretty slow pace, but really in shape, so no problem. So the first, we were like, I said, hey, let's start and end the year running a mile together. But then today

she was ready like five minutes before me. I was like, hey, go run. See you out there. So we ran slightly different. So she started before me, ended before me. Sorry, and drive when we got done. Fun little thing. I would want to run with her if I were you like, Oh, I think that'd be because all those, the first 30% I get, but then those last 70%, all those things are in your mind because you're not distracted by anything else, but running and being so miserable. But whereas if you're next to your

wife, you can have a nice little conversation. No, you cannot. Last 30%? There is no way I'm having a conversation with anybody. Yeah, you're right. I'm not talking to anyone. Yeah. First 30%, dude, I'm the most talkative guy you've ever seen because Rachel knows. I mean, she's ran enough to pace herself,

so she is kind of quiet the whole run, but the first 30%, oh, I'm pointing out things. Did they get new shut get new shutters oh my gosh i didn't know they were k-state fans uh you know flags flying high today wow mail mailman's out early you know just i'm looking at everything last 30 yeah i'm just sucking away that's fair yeah that's probably more i've heard like if you can have a conversation while you run you're in shape if you can't then you're running too hard or whatever yeah so maybe someday maybe someday i look forward to that. I even said that to, you know, today I was like, there's going to be a day where I'm not miserable when we get home. Maybe you and I run sometime and we've recorded and we try to have a conversation.

That can be pretty fun. Yeah. That'd be pretty fun. I, and while we're talking about this, I just thought of something, which is going to lead into, I know a segment you want to do. Innocent resolutions. Yeah. You know, mundane resolutions. Yes.

At first I called them goofy resolutions or reza-goofins. I like that. But I kind of, yeah, they're not all goofy. Yeah, they're just like, they don't have much bearing on your life. They're not going to make it better if it goes well. They're not going to make it worse if you don't do it. Yeah, no problem either way.

The example you gave us was? That I'm going to start DMing Catherine funny reels. That is fun. I'm not that kind of guy, but I did it a couple times the other day. I was like, that was pretty fun. And then we talked about it the next day. It was like, as I was in bed, she's in the living room still because she stays up later than I do.

I'm like, that's pretty good. Send it to her. Send it her way. Yeah. She's like, what do you think of that one? She's like, living room still because she stays up later than I do. I'm like, that's pretty good. Send it to her. Send it her way. What do you think of that one? She's like, oh, that's so funny. Brad an hour ago texted Tymon and I was like, hey, just had to stop. Maybe try to brainstorm some resolutions. We came back and Tymon had one and I had zero. So we're having a little trouble thinking of them.

But I just thought of one. Mundane or innocent resolution. I'm going to try listening to podcasts while I run. Okay. Never try that, because I think, hey, we've only got 10 minutes. Let's blast some fun music for 10 minutes. Yeah. Maybe a podcast would distract me more.

Could be. Maybe. I like it. I think when you're out of shape, you're out of shape. I've done it all. I've done it all on the treadmill, and I'm just like, oh, gosh, maybe this will make it better. I'll watch The Office.

I'll watch, you know, whatever. Yeah. Still tired. Hard no matter what. I think I got through two songs when I ran yesterday and I'll hate those two songs. Like I don't know if they're just right. Why are you being tired?

That's good though. What was weird though is that, so it's kind of back to the running thing. Like I, today I ran again and it was like weirdly so much better, which I think is odd because I'm like- That's the first 30% talking to you. You must've forgot the ending.

Or did you sleep better or did you do it on a whatever, more water or, you know, whatever. There's all this- Oh, I think I, I mean- Bunch of different factors. I did kind of sleep better because obviously New Year's Eve, you stay up late. So that could be it. Same. Yeah.

I think they're like, I read a study one time and says, if you sleep more, you're healthier and feel better. I saw that. It was a case study. They saw people sleeping well. Stanford university. Yeah. They're doing well.

Yeah. They did. They did the prison experiment and they did the sleep one. Yes. Yeah. I guess at the same time I did sleep quite well last night. So that makes, that makes sense.

But also I think I did pace myself better. I like, I was like, I wasn't because the beginning you're tempted to just like, Oh, I'm just going to run. It's like, I don't feel anything. This is fine. Yeah. So Stanford also did a study. I was like, I wasn't, because at the beginning you're tempted to just like, oh, I'm just going to run. I don't feel anything. This is fine.

Yeah, so Stanford also did a study that said if you sprint, you won't be able to like last as long. Okay. So they actually had, there's a saying,

if there's not a sprint, it's a marathon. It's a Stanford study. It was just a mile. It wasn't a marathon. What was your time today? 7.52. Oh.

Consistent. It was like the exact same, but it felt so much better. And I felt like I was going slower. Progress. Let's put a bookmark at sleep. I want to talk about sleep more. Hit us with some innocent resolutions, Brad. Great. Yeah, my next innocent resolution besides that one, I'm going to clean out my closet. I'm cleaning out my closet. I'm sorry,

mama. Tyron's like, I don't get it. Yeah, I'm going to clean out my closet. There's plenty of clothes in there that I'm cleaning out my closet. I'm sorry, mama. Tyron's like, I don't get it. Yeah, I'm going to clean out my closet. There's plenty of clothes in there that I'm like, I like those clothes. I haven't worn them in three years. Just look yourself in the mirror and say, hey, you're not wearing those clothes. You don't like them enough to prioritize them. I wear the same rowback thing like twice a week.

I don't need all these things. And I'm getting to the point where like i'm having to like bunch my hangers together to move stuff over you know and so i'm like i just need to clean out closet stuff i uh speaking of rowback real quick this is a text i got from scott after giving him some friday pickleball rowback here yeah grkc20 i'm about to have a son and i'm still not sure that's going to be a better feeling than putting on a rowback hoodie for the first time. That's a good word.

I think there is something to that first time. Man, it's soft. I think it's the hoodie specifically. They're all great. I wear the joggers all the time. That's all I packed for Texas was my Roback joggers. They're all awesome. Catherine's dad, I gave him a few Roback things when we were there this summer, 4th of July.

He thinks it's awesome. And so every single time I was wearing it, he's like, look at Brad wearing his Roebuck. And the next day, wow, Brad, more Roebuck. And then the last day, he just kind of like stroked my arm. He's like, look, this is nice, Roebuck. It is nice. Thank you. I forget what made me think about this.

I was thinking about this just a couple days ago, but I was thinking about the shelf life of everything we own because there's something with clothes. I can rationalize, I'm not going to have this hoodie forever probably. I'll either get bigger, get smaller, or just new fashion, whatever. I would say step two is shoes

where it's like I can, yeah. I'm sure I'll probably have this shoe for a while, but eventually I will just like probably throw it away. I will just run out of time with a shoe. But there's certain things in my life where it's like, I can see myself having that forever. Why would we get a new Christmas tree? But we have that one when we're 75.

Is it lit up? Like, does it have lights on it? We string our own lights. You string your own lights? Oh, yeah, then you should have that forever. Yeah. Yeah. Angie Coop got us a Christmas gift, bookmark? We string our own lights. You string your own lights. Oh, yeah. Then you should have that forever. Yeah. Yeah. Angie Coop got us a Christmas gift, bookmarking this for our future segment, a Christmas tree

cover. So now we don't have to de-decorate. Yeah. Just throw the cover on there, take it downstairs. It's ready to go next Christmas. We have that too. Yeah. Nice.

Wait, wait, wait. You're saying you keep the ornaments on? You can. That sounds like a psycho move. No, you don't do anything. Really? Yeah. That feels like you're going to break the horns.

Well, how do you carry them down the basement? Yeah. I think with two people being careful. You got some like sentimental horns or you just got just geners? Rachel, fun idea. You know, we're trying to start our tradition. She said her idea was every year we should gift each other a Christmas ornament.

And the ornament has to somewhat kind of describe the year. I like that. I think TJ and Brooke do something like that. Keeping those on the Christmas tree. I don't know, man. Hey, do whatever you think you should do. Timon, what do you think?

I think... I mean, I don't care much about, like, the whole decoration process, but I feel like it's kind of fun to decorate it, like, every year. Right? I see what you're saying, like, putting your Christmas stuff up. Yeah. I don't know. Because, I mean, no matter what.

Time is money, Timon. The branches are going to get pushed around. I don't know. I also kind of like the idea of having it, like, quick and simple, though. Boom. All set up for Christmas. Fair don't know. I also kind of like the idea of having it quick and simple, though. Boom. Set up for Christmas. Fair. Either way.

I don't even know what I'm talking about. And you're going to have to string the lights up every time. Maybe. Why don't we keep the lights on? Why not? That just feels like, if it works, that sounds awesome. In my head, it works. Have it done it.

Tree's still up. I know. I don't really want to take mine down. Yeah. I love it like when everything else is turned off

and just the Christmas tree is on so like the other night I came like to my kitchen like three in the morning to get a drink of water I turned on the Christmas tree

yeah yeah kept it on it's a great living room vibe it is it's nice you got the you got one lamp

in the Christmas tree no other lights on just just fine yeah i uh speaking of uh just christmas lights real quick i'm just gonna never i'm just gonna keep us off tasks the whole podcast that's cool that's kind of what we've been doing the last four years so that's a good point yeah taylor swift lover okay and hey i'm on him the song lover has a line in it because I love Taylor Swift I know I just said that

yeah she's great but there's a line in that song that says let's keep the Christmas lights up till January till January

yeah that's fine till January that's not yeah that's not crazy no one's not no one but people out there

they're taking them down December 28th. Hey, get a life. Why are you so eager to get ready for Christmas? Like go do something more social. Like Christmas isn't over for us for another week probably. No. So to Taylor Swift, I say, why do you think you're so cool for leaving up until January?

That's what we're all doing. Janelle Buniel, let me know. She's kind of the ambassador. Yeah. She'll be like, actually that that was with Harry Styles, and Harry has a daughter named January, so they were literally keeping them on until January came home. Whatever.

Something like that. Yeah. Okay, Tymon, you said you have an innocent resolution? Yes, I have one. Okay. Let me remember what it was. It's, okay, so I want to stop using any emojis unless it's absolutely necessary.

How often are you using emojis, man? And how do you define necessary? That's okay. I wonder if you're going to ask that. I don't really have an answer for that. I don't want to. They're not going to know. They're not going to know I'm joking. I gotta send 100. Boy. Tears are coming out of my face from

laughing. How do I? Oh, boy. Okay, this time it's necessary. Okay, I was thinking, when I wrote that down, I was thinking, like, an emoji that's not very common that would only apply in this very specific scenario. I think that's fun. Like a country's flag.

Like, let me use this one because they made an emoji for this specific scenario. I recently discovered there's an emoji for trap. Do you know that? No. You just search trap in your emojis. It's like a little- Just a little fetty wop?

It's like a- I think it's like a wooden board with like suspended somehow and a piece of cheese under it. Really? Ooh, elaborate emoji. Which I like that emoji a lot. Okay. So I'll use that one occasionally. Every time there's a word trap. When we're we're talking about i have to use trap that's when it's necessary

no but i think it's mainly just like i don't want to use the laughing crying emoji generically all the time okay you're growing up yeah growing up ironically i never use emoji i was gonna say this morning and like jake was just like hey you know i'm running a little bit late or whatever you said almost done with correct opinions and i just i put yeehaw and then it changed to that emoji and i was like that's kind of fun oh and so then then you said actually we're running late we gotta do a video so i said another emoji that's all i said i didn't say like no problem do the emoji that you sent with your face which one oh the second one i don't even remember what it was okay i remember it was That's all I said. I didn't say like, no problem. Do the emoji that you sent with your face. Which one?

Oh, the second one. I don't even remember what it was. Okay. I remember it was necessary. It was, yeah, it was necessary.

Brad better send an emoji right now. Oh gosh. Trust this computer. Yes, I do. while he's, oh yeah, he got it like that.

Yeah. That'd be a fun youth group game is just guess the emoji. Yeah. You know, like it's is just guess the emoji. Yeah. You know, like it's behind you on the screen. You got all these people down here. They're all making the face.

They're all doing it and then you have to put it in and lock it in. Yeah. What do you think? We still got it. Yeah, we could,

we're just fine. Timon, are you aware, speaking of texting, that all your texts for the past week have come from like timoncm,

should iCloud.com? Maybe, Timon is. It might be on my car when it pops up and says, maybe, Timon. No, I had no idea. Maybe, the past week have come from like timing cm should icloud.com maybe timing it may it might be on my car when it pops up it says maybe timing uh no i had no idea maybe you get your ipad or log into icloud somewhere new pad dude i should check my i message thing yeah i did not know that uh timing pop quiz for you about jake okay is something fishy about jake's um i message oh shoot to you make a new picture i think I've told you about this.

It's been this way for a while for me. Not that I... Let me go to his contact, just see if I notice anything. Okay. Does it say special programs director? No. There was in like 2013, my phone synced up with

Facebook. And so if I was Facebook friends with them, their job on Facebook got synced to my contact card. And so my own contact card says like special programs, director, Kanika camps and a handful of my other friends, like, oh really? Uh,

Alex Dimchak, for instance, in 2013, his job must've been working at this quarterback camp because when I call Alex, it says Jeff tricky quarterback camps. I don't even know who that is. I don't even know about it. Huh?

Yeah. Well, okay. Timon, it's not, it's not doing this right now, but every once in a while, Jake's. So here's zoom in just, I'm just kidding. But here's Jake's enhance picture here for me. Okay. See this. Oh, but then sometimes if you click on it, it changes to this picture of you. Yeah. I was going to say on the bridge or whatever you're doing because both of them are 20 years old yeah because you sent a screenshot of you texting me and will or my find my friends yesterday and it was a different photo was it when you sent it to me and will yeah and every once in a while i think there might be a third one i don't i don't know

for sure but it's weird that happened i don't know well brad like you don't have your own photo set for him right correct okay so that must be i'm not know. Well, Brad, you don't have your own photo set for him, right? Correct. Okay. So that must be, I'm not getting that because I have like a photo. You're a freak that puts his own photos in for people? I don't think that's a freak. That's a freak move, dude. Well, do you have a photo for me?

Yeah. What is it? Wow. Let me see if I can find it. You put in pictures of each of us. I did. Not going to say it. I got nothing for Tymon.

No, I have Tymon's picture. He'll say, do you want to update? And I'll say, sure. Oh, that's true. Yeah, if I'd ask, I'd say, hey, go for it. What do you got for me, Tymon?

I'll just send both of you guys what I have. Tyler Stoltzfus, when I went into contacts, your contact came up. So congrats, man. All right, Tymon. So you're going to... Whoa, Tymon.

This is... Hold on. Well, you got this for Tymon? That's my picture for Tymon. Yeah. Tymon, these are your pictures? What do I have for myself? Tymon, choose some better pictures.

I don't even know what I have. Oh, yeah. That's great. I chose... I like the pictures. They're funny. That's cool that you did that. So here's what I've always seen from time.

Well, there's his phone number, but it's always this black and white. I think I'm calling time. It's always this black and white photo of you, but then I clicked on your contact card and you have like a cover photo of your contact page. Oh yeah, it's me and Zach. I've never seen that before.

How'd you, you put that on my phone? Yeah, I had like, I can't remember when I did it or it's like an iOS 17 thing, I think. Congrats, before. How'd you put that on my phone? Yeah. I had like, I can't remember when I did it or it's like an iOS 17 thing. I think congrats, man. Thank you. That's really nice, man.

Uh, I thought of an innocent resolution while you guys were talking before this episode. I don't have that. I'm going to try to listen to more genres of music this year. Okay. Pretty shallow. I have noticed.

I think when you sent me the Taylor Swift, uh, playlist thing, I went to your profile and you sent me the Taylor Swift playlist thing, I went to your profile, and you have probably the most generic taste in music. Always has. He has always been like top 40 guy. Yeah.

Thank you. Hey, and that doesn't mean, that's no shame in that. There's a little bit of shame in it, but I feel dynamic enough in the rest of my life that I'm okay with being basic with music. Well, and I think, I don't know, I don't seek out music anymore. And these days it's kind of hard to like, just be fed music. Back in the day, it was like, Hey, here's the radio. Listen to the radio of this kind of genre and this kind of genre and this kind of, whereas now if you don't like seek out new music, it's just going to play you the same music you already like. That makes sense. Discover weekly from

Spotify. It's like, they make it easy. They do a good job. Like, hey, here's 30 songs you've never heard before. But that are similar to the songs you like, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. So what kind of, what are you most interested in checking out next?

Let's say right now you're pop mainly, right? Yeah, pop with the occasional like, you know, singer-songwriter. Hey, let's go folk. We were talking about it beforehand. Did you enjoy

what we were listening to? Yeah, it sounds nice. Yeah. Cool. Oh, yeah. Shoot, this episode Hey, let's go folk. We were talking about it beforehand. Did you enjoy what we were listening to? Yeah, it sounds nice. Yeah. Cool. Oh, yeah. Shoot, this episode is sponsored by Good Ranchers. Time in.

Just edit all this out. Let's start over. Let's start over for Good Ranchers. They have brought this episode to you. Yes. American Meat Delivered. I have two more, and I don't think you guys have any, so I'm just going to say them both. All out. No, I have three more. I want to print. Yes. Um, American meat delivered. Uh, I have two more and I don't think you guys have any, so I'm just going to say I'm both. I have three more. Uh, I want to print more pictures. I love, that's all I think I want for my birthday from now on is just people just printing me

pictures of my family. I think interesting. I just love pictures and it's just nice to have one on your desk looking at it. There's something about it. I like it. So I want to print more pictures. Did you notice out on our living room table, there's a picture of Rachel and I on the table and a candle next to it. Rachel said it looked like a memorial or something because she was moving things around and put the picture by the candle.

I was like, oh my gosh, it looks like we died. That's funny. No, I didn't notice that. But that would be funny if just... You just accidentally do all these things that look, I don't know. That's weird. I had no idea in memory of Jake triplet, you know, it's wow.

It says that in memory of Rachel coop because she got married, you know, yeah. Yeah. Um, print more pictures, play guitar once a week, innocent, and then mess around with AI. I love mess around with AI. I love how, how much the opposite it is of a smart goal. Exactly. It's just the most generic.

It's innocent. Mess around. Mess around. I don't know if I want to do like the, you know, AI with picture stuff, you know, whatever, Lightroom, is that what it's called? No.

It is not. Don't tell me. I'll figure it out. Or if I want to do just like normal prompts or if I want to do whatever. Normal prompts, goofy prompts. Goofy prompts. Zany prompts.

Yeah. So I don't know. I saw something the other day. It was like, here's how you should, you know, get more SEO using AI. And I was like, I could do that. Might as. Might as.

Might mess around. I saw something the other day. It was like, you need to try. What is that thing called? Don't tell me, guys. I'm going to figure it out. I almost had it. It's two words, but it's one word, right?

I don't know which one you're talking about right now. I think there's a lot of different ones. Oh, but there's like one super popular one, isn't there? I think I know what you're talking about. I have two in mind. It's the one that you paid for, that one. Or like, try all that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll figure it out. Okay. I have two in mind. It's the one that you paid for, that one. Or like, try all that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'll figure it out. Okay. Okay. Let me know. All right. All right. Dark room. Dark.

Nope. Keep going. Should we talk about New Year's Eve? Yes. Let's do a little ad and then New Year's Eve. Good call. Good call. I came in here to this room and it smelled real good before I stunk it up with my pasta.

What was in that cup? Mainstreetroasters.com. It smelled real good. Dude, it's the best. It's the best. And if you guys don't know, we're sponsored by them. So I still have not made my nitro coffee, my nitro cold brew. Oh, yeah.

I forgot that. But man, am I excited because Mainstreet Roasters sent me the biggest bag of beads, dude. Oh, it was awesome. It's a real shame that I'm not enjoying it as much as I could be because Rachel, you know, she'll make it. She'll throw some syrup in there, throw some milk.

But this is my year to get into black coffee and it's going to come with Main Street Roasters. Dude, I think the key is just you can't go half way. You can't go like black coffee with a splash of milk or also just taste wrong. See, that's funny. Literally this morning I was asking Katie Kennedy. I was like, Katie, you drink black coffee? She's like, yeah, I have since college. I was like, how'd you get into it? What would you do? And she's recommended, she's like, don't do syrup.

Don't do any sugar or anything. Just put a little bit of milk in there. Okay. Well, yeah. And maybe that's fair, but I've tried it with just milk with coffee and it's like this, I'd rather just have black coffee. Really? Just go for it, man. Just go. Katie also said she went to really hard college and it was a necessity. Yeah. So she said, go to Georgia tech, don't go to SBU and then you'll, you'll like coffee more. Hey, SBU is the Harvard of the Southwest Missouri. I mean, yeah, they, they let people like me almost graduate with a degree that wasn't accredited. Clearly, they care about education.

But look at what people are doing from there now. Look at it. My pastor went to SBU. All right. Yeah. When? You know my parents? Oh.

I bet he would. I bet he would, too. My parents were there from 85 to 89. Holy cow. If he was there when my dad was there, they definitely know each other. Yeah. Oh, wow. I'm going to ask him. Please do. If he was there when my dad was there, they definitely know each other. Yeah. Oh, wow.

I'm going to ask him. Please do. What's his name? Uh, I almost said Scott McDonald. That's Isaac's dad, Chad McDonald. Okay.

Yeah. Good guy. Mickey C. Yep. Mickey C. Anyway, Macy Roach is great. I'm going to try to figure it out.

Uh, not figure out how to use it, but figure out how to like, you know, really enjoy the essence of black coffee. Hey. Would that be an innocent resolution? Hey.

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Rachel's dad. It's his favorite word. Do you know that? Can you guess why? Because of that one time he ran it over? No, that was his checkbook. That's a good guess, though. Because it's where his money... No, it's because that's where his picture of Rachel is. Good guess. He said it just perfectly describes what it does, so he loves it.

It folds your bills. Was that off the dome really quickly? Like, hey, what's your favorite word? Oh, billfold. No, I think it's like he comes in looking like K like kramer from seinfeld like busting in a room i figured out my favorite word you know one of those like he's been stewing on it in the tractor he comes back my favorite word it's billfold of course yeah that's good because i would have no idea what my favorite word i don't know yet maybe hey innocent resolution find a favorite word if i don't oh good here i have it

absolutely you like absolutely i do yeah adverb guy absolutely i am an adverb guy absolutely it just if someone if someone responds that to what you just said it feels incredible. Like, say something. Dude. And make sure I agree with it. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Dude, I feel like the Chiefs got a little momentum going to the playoffs.

Absolutely, dude. It's like, yeah, I said the perfect thing. Yes. My friend Bart, shout out Bart Leidecker at camp. He was a big absolutely guy

and I loved it. Jim Helper, big absolutely guy. Absolutely. Absolutely, you should. Yeah. Okay. Anyway. New Year's Eve, let's talk about it. Oh, you should. Absolutely, I do. Yeah. Okay.

Anyway. New Year's Eve, let's talk about it. Oh, yeah. So I want to hear about your dinner experience, and then let's talk partying. Okay. So, yeah, dinner experience was at Fogo de Chão. Ever heard of it, Tymon? Nope.

It's Brazilian for expensive. Have you ever been? No, but I've walked by it, and I've seen the dangling meat. Yes. So it was kind of like a, not a goal, like goal of mine, but I've always been like and I've seen the dangling meat. Yes. So it was kind of like a – not a goal, like goal of mine, but I've always been like I would like to go there someday. But I wanted to like make it a special occasion and I was kind of forced into it because all of our friends were going. And so I was like, yeah, I guess this is a special occasion, New Year's Eve.

So there was like, I don't know, 16 of us that went. Jeez. Something like that. It was a long table. Got near the end with a great little trio of couples, Harrison, Abby, Scott Caldwell, Morgan, Brad, Catherine. Fun time. But yeah, if you don't know, it's a Brazilian steakhouse. And yeah, basically what happens is they just, it's all you can eat. And they just come around with these big skewers of meat.

And they just tell you what kind of meat it of meat and they just say, they just tell you what kind of meat it is. And you have this green or this red little puck. And if it's green, it means I'm ready to go. Come on in. It's red. It's like, well, slow down or I'm done. Okay. Daddy kept it on green. I was going to say, why not? Yeah. Gunnar and I were just, we were green all night. Um, and they also tell you right when you get there, like, Hey, we also have a salad bar over here. If you want to, or they call it like a market bar or something. Cause it's not just salad, all these different things. So go, you know, try that out. They bring out bread, they bring all this stuff. So I was telling right before I went early that afternoon, I was telling my brother-in-law that I was going, my brother-in-law, if you think I'm a big guy,

my brother-in-law makes me look like a pipsqueak. He's six, eight, just pushing, pushing some bills, but billfold. Um, and, uh, he's like, he's like, Brad, I've been to one of those places before. I think he's even been to focus. He's like, it's like, say no to the first couple of pieces of meat that they bring. Interesting. He's like, they're going to, they're going to try to fill you up with all the salad bar. And he's like, the salad bar is great. The bread's great, but do not fill up on those. He's like, and do not say yes to the first couple of pieces of meat. This is great because near that, that's how they fill you up. And then once they come around with the good stuff, you're too full to have it. Those are the money beats.

And so I told the big guy's guide to Fogo to chat. And so I told everybody, I was like, guys, my brother-in-law, he's been here because like none of us had ever been there. Yeah. Stay strong. And it's a funny vibe because I mean, this place is fancy. It's like $60 per person for whatever, for all you can eat. But no matter how fancy you try to make all you can eat, all you can eat still just feels a little bit kitschy. Gold Corral. Yeah, just funny.

We're all waiting in line at the salad bar together. It doesn't feel super fancy, even though it was about as fancy as you can get fancier than since Eddie's. Um, I know. Uh, so first couple of meets go around. Everyone's saying yes.

No, thank you. I'm like, no, like I, I was almost like, I was like, you know,

I don't know. Like I got a car dealership. Like that, you're not going to take that offer. You're not going to take the house sirloin. I was like house sirloin. Nice try bucko. All right.

Bacon wrapped chicken. No, thank you. And everyone else is getting their food. Daddy's plate's just empty. And this is how you win Texas Hold'em. You don't go in these first three heads. Let other people lose some of their money. Just hang around.

Hang around. Yeah. Check. Pass. Fold. Didn hang around, hang around. Yeah. Check pass, uh, fold. Um, didn't last too long though. Cause the third one around, I was like, you know what? I'm getting a little nervous. Uh, so I said yes to the first one. Um, and honestly I was thinking it was like, kind of like a, uh, Seinfeld episode or something where like, it seems like something George would do like, like nice try. Yeah.

Uh, yeah, get out of here or whatever. And then everyone else is like full and leaving. And George is like waiting for like, you're supposed to bring me more meats. They said, they bring me more meat.

Yeah. They said, we're talking, you can eat whatever. Dude, I've watched quite a bit of Seinfeld over Christmas break and it's so good still. Really?

It's so good. Yeah. Yeah. So I mean, it was, it was great. I don't know if it's $ good still. Really? It's so good. Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean, it was, it was great. I don't know if it's $60 great, uh, because it did kind of backfire on us a little bit. They stopped. Like, it was like one of those things where it was like, Hey, these people have been here for an hour. They didn't come around to us nearly as much. They didn't near the end, bring like lamb and like ribeye, like all these like nicer meats. And so to an extent, it was justified what my brother-in-law said.

But like we had our things on green. Green me, green me. They were not bringing it to us. That ain't right. How's that work? I don't know. So you just leave hungry? I definitely didn't leave hungry.

We had plenty of food, but $60 is like my expectation is like, I want to get a decent amount of food for $60. You want to be more than full. Right. It's all I can eat. Right. And Gunner and I, you know, Gunner, Gunner is about as, if you're going to try to take advantage of money, Gunner's the guy to do it with because Gunner is going to utilize

every single dollar he makes. Yeah. Um, so anyway, it was, it was a great time. Gunner showed up in this velvet green bathrobe looking thing. That was Emily's. Whatever. He's just ridiculous. But yeah, it was a lot of fun.

I got to meet some new people. Who did you meet? Great question. Don't, don't. They were dermatologists. Not bad. Oh, Colleen and someone else? Maybe.

Yes, yes, yes, yes. Rachel's met them and I have not. Yes. And then I'd never met Sam's met them and I have not. Yes. And then I'd never met Sam Houston's wife. Sam McKenzie. Yeah. Yeah. So I met her. So anyway, it was a good time.

Got some good time with Scott Caldwell, which I'm excited to see him again tonight. Yeah. It's Rachel's birthday today. Yeah. We're spending time with them, so that'll be awesome. Scott was like, dude, I was so honored to get that text from Jake. He said that?

I was like, dude, I'm so pumped to get to hang out with you and Morgan. Oh, yeah. They're great. It's going to be awesome. Rachel's birthday tonight. Yeah. Happy birthday, Rachel. So we're going to do, yeah, we were doing three podcasts today,

and I want to correct your opinion. So a full day of podcasting, and then going to try to take Rachel to dinner tonight. Guess where I'm taking her? Fogo NHL? No. Oh. Got a gift card from uh no grandma miller my mom's mom chilies texas roadhouse oh dude you're gonna love it yeah i know we talked about i think on yeah oh it's so good i know how much money was the gift card for i think 50 you're gonna do just fine it's amazing how much $50 can

get you at Texas Roadhouse. Yeah. You guys can get some nice steaks. Oh yeah. Oh, that's definitely our thing. We love steak. Um, yeah, I'm excited. I was thinking about, I was like, it's funny that like, you know, when you first start dating someone, the last thing you should do is use a gift card because it, you card because it looks cheap and it looks like you don't have any money. But then once you get married, I mean, Rachel would be so mad at me if I didn't use a gift card. Like I take her somewhere else. She's like, we have a gift card other places. Why are we not going there? It does feel great to use the gift card. Especially sometimes if you forgot about the gift card and then you're like, let's go here. Free dinner.

$50. We are literally a king. Yeah. You're going to love it. We're going to eat a lot of bread. That's great. Fun. Going there for dinner and game night tonight. Should be a lot of fun. We've already ran our mile. You don't want to run the mile after Texas Roadhouse. No. I think I hear some rustling. Rachel?

Oh! Birthday girl! Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Rachel. Happy birthday to you. That's beautiful. That is just like the school class singing it to me today.

Oh! There's like 40 women singing it. Rachel said that sounded beautiful. Just like the workout class singing it to me this morning. When you were tired. They're like... Yeah, I guess we'll see how we were... They were planking while singing it?

You were sitting down with your legs up. Wow. Alright, Tymon. One of them. They were planking while singing it? Wow. All right, Tymon. All right. One of them. That's great. How did they find out it was your birthday? Emily Duckworth was there.

Emily Duckworth was there. That's nice. She's been hanging out with friends all morning? Yep. Well, good. It's been great. It's been great. Have you guys called my dad yet?

No, haven't called your dad yet. We will. Do you want to be here for it? Maybe. Yeah, you should. I think everybody come back for the Monday episode. You're going to get to hear from Steve Koop. How old are you, Rachel?

27. Fun age. It's a great age. We're back to five years apart, not six. Five years apart. Much better. Does that sound better for you? It does. Five is much more than six. Five years apart. Much better. Does that sound better for you? Yeah, it does.

Same, yeah. Five is much smaller than six. This is not really the same thing, but it just reminded me, like being like, oh yeah, we're five years apart. That's way better, you know, as far as maybe insecurities or something. Optics, we'll call it. Optics. Yeah, optics.

Perfect. Yeah. Hannah, Trey's assistant, was at the party. I met her. Meet her husband? Trevor. Tanner. Dang it!

You had the first and last letter. Yeah. And the syllables. Apparently she goes up to Rachel and whatever. I don't know. I'm going to try to explain this. Maybe she just goes up to Rachel

and goes, hey, we both married short kings. I don't deserve that. Five, ten. I don't deserve that. 5'10". I don't think Trevor deserves either. Hannah's just tall, isn't she?

5'10"? That guy was not short. No. Yeah. I always stick up for Tanner as well as myself. Both married short kings. Hey.

Yeah. Both robbed the cradle. Yeah. Should I say something? What did Rachel say? cradle. Yeah. Should I say something behind her back? Hey. Yeah, girl. Up top. Something my husband can't do.

I feel like I am now allowed to go up to Tanner and say, hey, both married freaks. Both married giraffes, right? What are we thinking? Oh, that's great yeah are they gonna make shoes big enough

for our kids oh they're freaks I forgot about that I did not have that written down until just now both married giraffes the wedding optics

yeah five years apart but I mean her husband's so short he must yeah he must be doing just five fourths I don't see it

I don't see it that's funny yeah so that was a bummer that was the worst part of New Year's Eve for me otherwise it's not bad yeah yeah He must be doing just five for us. I don't see it. I don't see it. Yeah. So that was a bummer. That was the worst part of new year's Eve for me. Otherwise not bad. Yeah. Yeah.

It was, I will say, yeah, the party was fun, but it was so loud live band there. So we just yelled at each other for four hours. I was like, I got four podcasts on Tuesday. Yeah.

We said that you're like, I got to preserve. I, I left. We, I, we weren't planning on saying the whole time anyway, but it was one of those things where like, I kind of forced us to leave a little bit or like, it was like, we, I, we weren't planning on saying the whole time anyway, but it was one of those things where like,

I kind of forced us to leave a little bit or like, it was like, we could definitely, I think we left like 1115. So it was like, what's 45 more minutes, you know? That's what's crazy.

I didn't realize we left two hours after or however long we were there. But I just, I was like, I think we're all kind of leaving around the same time. I didn't realize that. Oh yeah. I was like, and it was,

it was not, this is how I know I'm getting old. This is how I know I'm like way older. And Rachel is way older. Like, yeah. I was like – and it was not – this is how I know I'm getting old. This is how I know I'm like way older than Rachel is way older. No, I'm just kidding. But like I cared – like I did not enjoy being there anymore because it was so loud. Not because of the people. I would have hung out with those people until 4 in the morning. Yeah.

But it was like I can't talk to these people unless I'm like very physically straining my voice. When the band would take a break, it was awesome. And I was very normal. When the band was playing, I became the greatest question asker you've ever seen. Now tell me about that. Yeah. And tell me more about that.

Right. And go on about that. Just anything for me not to have to talk. I would just, I would put it all on them. Eventually you didn't even speak. You just, come on, keep going more. Yeah. And my voice I've already like been struggling with a little bit of sinusy stuff anyway. So my voice was already shot like earlier that day. And so I was like, this is going to be rough. Yeah. Um, it's the, it's the, it's my mind

fighting my Enneagram seven. It's like, I mean, look at all these people. Right. And I'm about to leave. Oh, but Zane, I haven't talked to Zane yet. Time and you know Zane. We've got to talk to Zane. We've got to catch up about the Chiefs. I know. I gave him a quick hug and I was like, I've got to get out of here. Not because I have to, but because I'm going to. Good for you. Rachel also made the point after the party. She said something like, why do we do that? Why do we go to parties?

I would have the same conversation at a party as I would if we were on a walk or at a coffee shop. Why do we hang out at night and have to drink alcohol and it's really loud? Why don't we just do this at a coffee shop, why do we hang out at night and have to drink alcohol? And it's really loud. Yeah. Why don't we just do this at a park? I know. At noon.

That's how the dinner was way more fun because we got to actually talk to our friends. Yeah. Or we had to talk to people, but it was not the same vibe, obviously. So yeah. Had a lot of good conversation, but had to scream it. Yeah.

Yeah. Maybe you saw my Instagram story. Rachel and I met dentist. Oh yeah. I think when we were walking in, you were talking to them. Yeah. Pretty much right away. Met him, learned that not only do we go to the same church, but we go to the same service and everything. We were there that morning. It seems we didn't see each other. Okay. New friends. But yeah, that's fun. Turned out the girlfriend is a full-time dentist. The boyfriend works for the UMKC school of dental school. So you're like,

I've been there. Yeah. It's like the last time I went was like six years ago when my friend was there too. So I think we're going to go to him for now while Rachel's still in school, don't have good insurance. Then Rachel gets good insurance straight to Shannon. Pop it up there. Nice. Yeah, so we're excited. We have dental care. I was texting him today. I got a dentist now. So what do they think of Rachel's teeth? They liked them. They liked them. Everything looks pretty good although she still has her wisdom teeth oh really rachel's uh previous dentist i don't know where at probably sierra falls or something but at one point in time said like wow you just don't have wisdom teeth and so rachel's

like cool i guess we're good goes back in a year later or something like why do you still have your wisdom teeth in you told me i didn you told me. I didn't have any. And so anyway. So is it something that they're going to try to take out? Yeah, probably, you know, within the next year, Rachel's going to have a little surgery. I wonder why you have to take out your wisdom teeth if she's not bothered by them. I got the explanation.

Okay. She gave me like some visuals. Basically, the wisdom teeth over time are going to butt into your back molars. And if they're not hurting you yet they're always gonna they're gonna like consistently move to the point where like it could cause much bigger problems when you're older so that's why i say to get them out as early as you can okay it's to avoid future problems but the wisdom teeth are the ones in the very back

back back yeah yeah but your back molar like so your second second to last ones yeah like your your eighth batter in the lineup. He's going to have some pain. Okay. In your fifties. Gotcha. So it's like, is what she said.

You're going to, you're going to be fine right now, but you're going to want those out eventually. She also works for big dental. So who can we trust them? I don't, of course she thinks we need to get it. Of course they do.

Yeah. I need to ask someone who works in tobacco. Yes, dude. Sorry. Tobacco. Let's just keep going. Let's keep.

What do you know about Zen, dude? Anything? Tymon, you heard about Zen? This is where I'm starting to get a little older. I'm not a college kid anymore. Is Zen? I know a little bit about it because I think it's big in the golf community.

I feel like it's big in like just, yeah, frat bro community. Yes, that too, bro. Any kind of like basic white bro, like kind of stuff. That's a better explanation. I think it's golf, but I think it's, yeah, frat bro community. Yes. Any kind of like basic white bro, like. That's a better explanation. I think it's golf, but I think it's, yeah, beyond that. It's like nicotine, but not tobacco pouches. Yeah.

And some people like, like people that work out and stuff, enjoy these things. Like, it's not like a vice necessarily. It's like a, people think, hey, nicotine by itself is not bad. This is, this is so irresponsible that we're even talking about this. Cause I'm like, I don't know anything about this, but like, I'm gonna say it's not good. I don't know. People are like nicotine has benefits. It's the tobacco that really messes you. That's why you shouldn't dip or whatever. I don't know. Isn't nicotine crazy addictive though. I mean, I don't think she's been doing anything if it's super addictive. Fair. Then again, sugar, pretty addictive. You ever try giving up sugar? Yes.

And your body rejects it. Not easy. Yeah, I don't know. I just, I didn't know if you knew anybody that uses them. I have a few friends that do. Do you really? And like both of them are like very different types of people. And they both.

Republican, Democrat? Basically, yeah. That's one of them. Yeah, but they both love the zen. It's like an inside joke now. People are getting football players to sign their zen cans or whatever. I don't know. All these different things.

That's too far. I just saw a text. So let's do a segment called Weird Text. Help me explain this text. This is in a group chat. Gunner's most recent text. We're talking about watching the Chiefs game next week. Brad said, I'll host.

Gunner responded, UNI time. University of Northern Iowa time? UNI time? Like uniform? Unison time? So my exact text, I'll volunteer my home unless someone else would like to host. UNI time? Is that what he said? UNI time? Question mark? Unison time. So my exact text, I'll volunteer my home unless someone else would like to host. Unitime? Unitime?

Unitime? Unison time. Is it time to all watch in unison? Unitime. Uniform time. Should we all wear uniforms? Probably what he means, honestly. Should we watch Northern Iowa too?

I don't know what he means by unitime. Unitime. Could be a typo? Very well could be a typo. What word could he means by unitime. Unitime. Could be a typo? Very well could be a typo. What word could he mean? Unitime. You and I. They're all right there.

Why? You and I time? Maybe it's like, hey, are we bringing our wives? Or is this just you and I kind of thing? Are we bringing wives who went to you and I? Yeah. I don't know. Second part of the segment of weird text i got this week help me

explain them got a text from juice everance who else the text said chicken for some drone chicken for some drone for some drone took me a while i think what he is offering is i will give you chick-fil-a chicken if you come film something with a drone. Will he give you Chick-fil-A chicken right away or in like a year and a half, two years? I should clarify that. And so, yeah, once I figured it out,

I said, how much chicken for how much drone? Like, I don't know. Kevin from the office is like, how much chicken, how much drone? I don't know. Kevin from the office, like how much chicken, how much drone? Um, and then he sent me a screenshot of an email of what they would need. And then he said, as for the bird,

whatever it takes. So I guess I just shoot high. Yeah. Have we mentioned that time and on the podcast that, uh, we're getting a Chick-fil-A right down the street. Oh yeah. Yeah.

Oh, is that the one? He's probably one. I one i just got it right yeah do you have a drone timing yeah do you want to do it sure cool cool i'll get you some free chick-fil-a sweet cool there you go chicken for some drone hey drone since since jake got you that and since i knew drew before jake did and so like we get your bird. So you need to be like, hey, Brad and Jake also need to get free chicken. Thanks. Sounds good. Thanks in advance. Aim high.

Anything else from the party? Any new people at the party? I saw Seth. Weirdo Seth. It was funny to hear you guys catch up. He's just a funny guy. Seth is a very strange guy, which everyone's weird, but Seth is just so public with his weirdness, just not afraid to be very unique and very different. Seth is a very strange guy, whichever one's weird, but Seth is just like so public with his weirdness, like just not afraid to be very unique and very different.

Seth and I had a really fun, like 10 minute conversation where we just went back and forth naming small towns in Missouri. And then we would try to name the person from SBU who is from there. So he'd be like a trivia, like sports trivia with SBU people. Yeah. Cause we both went to SBU.

So he would be like Camden 10. I'd be like, all right, Jake Williams. He's like, yeah, obviously. And I was like, and those are those twin girls SBU people? Yeah, because we both went to SBU. That's fun. So he would be like, Camden 10. I'd be like, all right, Jake Williams. He's like, yeah, obviously. And I was like, and those twin girls. You know, yeah, we're all going back and forth. No, they were Max Creek. Yeah, that's fun.

So yeah, that was a fun time. I met a guy, one of Trey's friends. His second sentence to me was that I've been to over 20 Switchfoot concerts. Thoughts? What was his first sentence? My name? His first sentence was he asked me, right off the bat, because he had kind of joined a group

already talking, so then it was kind of a silence where he's like, hey, I want to ask you a question. Do you ever get tired of saying any jokes on stage? So I was like, oh, that's a good question. I can answer it. I get done. He's like, the reason I ask is I've been to 20 Switchfret concerts and I wonder if they get tired of the same songs. I was like, I wonder if you get tired

of the same songs. 20 times. So that was a neat fun fact. 20 times a Switchfret. 20 times? That's what he said. I mean, they've been around for a while and so maybe it's not that ridiculous. But they definitely haven't done 20 tours. Like he's

had to go multiple cities. You think well, probably, but I bet they've been around for 20 years, dude. That's crazy, right? Yeah. Yeah. But still there's no way they toured every year for 20 years. He went hard in like 20 to 2007. He went to like 10 shows. Yeah. It's like that was when they probably got

to do Red Rocks. He's all I got to see him Red Rocks fun. Yeah, that's I don't know. I was like, that was when they probably got to do red rocks. He's like, well, I got to see him red rocks. Fun. Um, yeah, that's, I don't know. I was never like super, super, super into switch foot.

And so to go them, it's kind of like the imagined dragons thing. Like to go to them 20 times, I don't know. Maybe they put on an amazing show. Like I, I've been a need to breathe and I think need to breathe is so good live. His voice is.

Yeah, absolutely. Um, amazing. Oh, absolutely it is. I don't know about Switchfoot, but anybody that you go to 20 times, I don't know. People really like Ghostrunners.

I think after 18 times of coming to F12, they might be like, I think I've seen enough. Let's spend our money elsewhere. Yeah, right. That's the kind of guy that, yeah, he needs to branch out in his genres next year. Yeah, he needs it more than I do.

Yeah. Because I've seen it breathe more than any other artist. I've seen them, I think maybe four times, Wilder Woods once, and even then, I mean five over the course of 10 years. I'm like, that's probably good. I've really supported them. Yeah, that's probably good.

Yeah, I would say they're one of my top ones too. And like, yeah, I've never been more than once in a year to them, you know. So that's funny. You know they used to open for Taylor Swift? Way back in the day. And so it needed to breathe, didn't they? That's who we're talking about. You're right. I thought Switchfoot did too though.

Sorry. Maybe they did. Maybe they didn't. You're right. Need to Breathe definitely was on tour with them. Yeah, it's pretty cool. It's very cool. Good job, guys. The party, there were so many people that looked like they dressed up as Trey Kennedy. Did you feel that way? There were multiple people. I didn't notice that.

You know, like Trey does that goofy thing on his stories every once in a while. He's like, stop sending me these pictures of people that look like me. I didn't think it was that comical until i witnessed it in real life multiple times throughout the night i would like just glance over at somebody think oh there's trey wasn't true there were so many dudes with like trimmed up beards and just like yeah kissing katie so he's been tall queens he's been uh keeping track of everyone that's been sent to him. And then just like invited them all to his party. I guess.

It was you. Did you, did you notice that? I asked some other people and they're like, yeah, totally. I didn't notice that, but I'm sure if I went back there now I could see it.

Oh yeah. That's pretty funny. It was funny. Uh, Tywin, I want to hear what you did for New Year's Eve after we talk about cozy earth. I have something for you, Brad. Okay. I, I want to hear what you did for New Year's Eve after we talk about Cozy Earth. I have something for you, Brad.

I've decided, I think I'm going to make a Patreon post, a little blog post, a little Brad style. It's going to be my favorite items or just my favorite products of 2023. Oprah's favorite things, Jake style. You call it Jake's favorite things. I was thinking about it in the shower this morning and I was like, oh, Cozy Earth.

Oh, I was thinking about it because I was using Kewpie goat soap. I was like, I would put the goat soap in there, and I'd put Cozy Earth for sure in there. And so, anyway, that's coming soon. Spoiler. Visco's from Bamboo is going to be involved. But Cozy Earth really is awesome.

Any specific thing you love? I don't know how I would rank the sheets versus the clothing, but I feel like those are the top two items. I would put those as top two. It's just something about that bamboo. Dude, I know. If they made the towel from bamboo, maybe I'd be more interested. But right now, they make the bed sheets and the clothes out of this viscose from bamboo, and it's something else. It is wild. I want to live my whole life in viscose from bamboo. Oh, yeah. And it's perfect

season for the pants right now as far as pajamas go. Wore them to bed last night. Me too, brother. I was double cozying. I've been wearing them to bed for like a week. Oh. I didn't even think about that until just now. I went cozy on cozy. Oh yeah. Throw Rachel in there. Trouble cozy. Unbelievable. And I had the thought genuinely, I didn't know that we were doing this ad today, but I had the thought of like, I need to say in the next cozy earth ad read that cozy earth is one of those things that like, if you put it off, you're just hurting yourself. Like, like I understand like, Hey, I got to quit smoking. Do it today. Well, yeah. Food is consumable. So like, hey. I got to quit smoking. Do it today. Well, yeah, food is consumable.

So like, therefore, if you put off Good Rangers till next year, sorry, next month, you save a little bit of money, you're going to regret it, but you're saving a little bit of money on American Meat Delivered. But if you put off Cozy Earth, that thing's not struggling in quality in a month.

It's still so quality in a year, two years, three years from now. The only thing that you're missing out on is comfort right now, because you didn't go for it. You know, uh, this was a Stanford study I saw and they said the best time to invest in good bed sheets was yesterday. Yeah. I saw that too. Yep. Uh-huh. Yeah. Palo Alto, California. Uh, yeah. Yeah. Get them. Seriously. 35% off too. Unbelievable. All products, 10 year warranty. What else do you need? A promo code? Okay. Fine. It's GRKC. Yeah. Great. Do it. Cozyearth.com. I'm sick of talking about it. Just do it. They're not going away. They're going to be here for a

while. Invest in it while you can and while you should, whatever. Just if you're resolution, innocent resolution, be more comfortable this year., whatever. Just if you're resolution, innocent resolution, be more comfortable this year. Sleep better. Yeah. The greatest thing, as far as like gifts go, I think that like making yourself more comfortable when you need to be comfortable

is one of the greatest gifts you can give to somebody else or yourself. Yeah. You really don't regret it when you give it to yourself. Nope. You ever like get cozy and like your softest blanket and think, ah, I wonder if I splurged too much on this. No way.

No way. There's like, thank goodness I bought this. Yeah. Um, Catherine's parents, uh, their beds for their guest rooms, not the most comfortable, but I brought my own pillow with Cozy Earth pillowcase on there. Slept just fine. Just FYI. So check them out. CozyEarth.com. GRKC

is the promo code 35% off Oprah's favorite things Jake's favorite things my favorite things too Brad's favorite things I wouldn't know Tymon Tymon's what

we're talking about here he's honest though he's honest we'll get you some Tymon speaking of sleep I had to get a new didn't have to

I got a new Apple Watch because of my negligence I love when Michael Scott uses negligence wrong in the office when he doesn't totally understand it. Like run amok. But I was being negligent. And I lost my Apple Watch. Got the new one.

Battery life's amazing. So I've started sleeping with it because I can't because the battery life's so good. And so I was like, there's got to be some good sleeping apps out there. That would be fun to really start tracking the sleep and everything. And so I was like, there's got to be some good like sleeping apps out there. That would be fun to like really start tracking the sleep and everything. Found one I really like.

However, it cost $5.99 on the app store. There is something so psychologically paralyzing about when something on the app store costs money. Yes. I don't know what it is.

I don't know how they've done that. But like you're at a restaurant and you're like, you know what? It's $8 for the edamame, but we love it. We're going to eat it. Let's just do it. You don't even think about it. Let's just do it. But when you see an app that you want,

everyone has been recommending it to you, and you see 99 cents, you're like, 99 cents? Okay, I'll only use that like twice a day for the next five years. I hope it's worth 99 cents. I did just add an extra shot of espresso for $1.49. And I didn't even feel it.

But I drank in about a half a second, and I'm still tired. It wasn't from Main Street Roasters. I guess. Nah, I'll just watch the ads. Yeah. I'll just click out of it every time I want to see the radar on my weather app, I guess. No, that's fine. I'll just do that.

Yeah, it's crazy what you'll do. When you're on that screen, 99 cents is just like, I'm going to look through the reviews then. This better be the best app I've ever seen. What's funny is that I think one of the only times I've ever spent money on an app was like $2.99 for the Sleep Cycle app

back in the day. Do you remember that one? No. You could put your phone on your bed, and it could sense when you're moving and when you're not in complete REM cycle. I do remember that. And so it gives you like a 30-minute window of when to wake you up or whatever.

I don't know. I don't think it worked that well. I thought it was a great idea. Like, hey, wake me up not when I'm in deep sleep. And that's what this is trying to do too. So I bit the bullet, paid for it, but do really like it do really like it okay called auto sleep which i don't really understand why but everyone was recommending it turns out because you don't have to say like i'm sleeping now it just like it knows when you've okay like fell asleep and so big fan but the price man it got me

also what do you like yeah you could start you could turn on the smart alarm so it's like hey when you're kind of lightening up, we'll start waking you up. Because I'm wearing the watch, they call it tickling. We'll start tickling your wrist. So it starts vibrating to kind of slowly wake you up. Then the tickle gets more aggressive. If they have to, they start playing some noise. I like the idea of a tickle gets more aggressive,

and eventually it's electrocuting you. Tickle starts getting more aggressive, it starts flirting with you. yeah i've got the apple watcher on my neck yeah right turn it off that's pretty so fun auto sleep it'll cost you a fortune yeah on the app store but it's fun okay auto sleep yeah yeah i don't know i i want to i want to figure out what sector of the world. Yeah. Where, where I can start like, uh, what's the word optimizing? Well, no, uh, charging money for people that like, don't worry about $6 versus the people that do. Cause that'd be tough to

be in the app store world and be like, it's $6. I'm really sorry. We've spent $20 million, you know, working on this technology. Can you please just spend $6 on it? Yeah. Work at a coffee shop, not an app development. Maybe so. Yeah. They always say you don't want to build software because of its unlimited inventory.

Yes. Start a coffee business instead. Yeah. They're saying software is out. Yeah. 2024, year of software being out. Get out of here. Time of New Year's Eve.

What'd you do? I saw you drinking some sparkling grape juice. Let's hope so, buddy. Yeah, it was just like nothing too special, but it was fun. We had New Year's Eve services at church. Oh, really? At like 7.30. Is that a traditional like every year thing?

Yeah. Cool. Yeah, but this time it happened to be, it was like a lot of church that day. Sunday night. Two services on Sunday morning and then in the evening. So it was fun. Then we had, yeah, a bunch of church people over because i night two services on sunday morning uh and then in the evening so um then we had yeah a bunch of church people over to our house and some of my friends and play games we actually it was cool uh before midnight we like kind of like saying like a praise song into the new year which was cool it was like uh all glory be to christ yeah

yeah the old link sign but oh that song is so good it is so good um so it was cool. What song? It was like, All Glory Be To Christ. Yeah. The all-links sign. Oh, yeah. That song is so good. It is so good. So good. It was cool. We lit candles. Cool. Lowered the lights. I like that more than art.

I mean, I liked art. That sounds fun, man. Yeah. One funny thing is, so it was like, church people over till midnight

or a little after or whatever. But then some of my friends stayed over for a sleepover and Zach brought his entire gaming PC set up just like in his car. That was just the funniest thing. He's like, oh, I'll just like I'll just bring like, we can play

some games and he just brings his entire like PC and monitor. A big deal to haul all that. Yeah, but it was kind of worth it don't you miss those days where like yeah your friends would bring over like anything entire xbox yeah and like his control like hey he needs to bring over his controllers he's got the games we only have one so make sure you bring three over oh man the ethernet i don't have ethernet time

embrace those days while you can all right that's That's great. That's fun. And embraced. Okay. Embraced. Got it. Here it is. Fun. Okay. I want to play.

Can we play the Christmas game? Let's save it for Monday. Fun. Let's just like reverse. We'll talk about Christmas on Monday. New Year's is this episode. Christmas is Monday. Let's see if I have anything else on New Year's stuff.

Do you have anything else? For New Year's, I don't think so. We can also do Win of the Week and... Oh, okay. Good idea. Win of the Week. You got one? Got a comment. Can I start there?

Please. It's from The Amazing Grace. She commented on our Year in Review episode that came out Monday. And believe it or not, she said, Just started watching today. This whole episode, let me know what I'm getting myself into. And let me just say I subscribed.

So Amazing Grace, that's awesome. That is awesome. I don't know how that happened. I don't know how you found like a podcast on the day, on New Year's Day and the year in review.

I don't know how you found it, but that's awesome. So thanks for doing that, Tymon. Thanks for editing that. That's why we do it. No problem. Yeah, I was going to say my comment of the week slash maybe my win of the week slash year

says round of applause for our boy Tymon for killing it on this episode. Love you guys. Happy New Year's. My wins. No, I have a different win, but one of my wins slash comment, Tymon, you're the man.

When did Tymon, you start in February, March maybe? Yeah. Win of the year is Tymon Imch on the podcast. Ooh, win of the year. I mean, my gosh, like Tymon, I know that you know this, but you bring so much more joy to the podcast. Yeah, it's true. Really elevates it.

It's so fun, yeah, having you, man. Thank you. So, yeah, and I know how much work that probably took you. And so thank you for putting so much time into that. If you guys haven't listened to that episode because you're like, oh, it's just recap of the year, there are a few Grande Boo exclusive parts to it. So check that out.

Thanks. Yeah. And then I also have another win, win of the week slash win of the past decade is, uh, January 4th, AKA Thursday. I will be celebrating my 10th wedding anniversary to my bride, Catherine Ellis, um, which is wild 10 years. I don't know. I don't know. Someday I'll feel old and someday I'll feel like, oh yeah, I'm, I'm getting there. But like right now it still feels like we're young and in love. And I mean, we're hopefully we'll always feel in love, but you know what I mean? Like

newly married, like it doesn't feel like it's been 10 years, but, um, she's my, my babe of the decade. She's awesome. And she's the best and babe of the decade. Yeah. It's so fun celebrating or getting married in January because every year for our anniversary, we get to look back on the past year and how God's blessed us and also dream about the next one. And so really looking forward to just getting some intentional time. We're doing a little staycation kind of thing here.

Yeah, melting pot. Yeah, got to go to the melting pot. It'll be a blast. So shout out to Catherine. Thanks for all your support and love and being a great mom and a great wife. Yeah, win of the decade. Fun.

Yeah. Win of the decade. Mine are not as longstanding as that. I think my win has got to be the Strava running group. Yeah. Really like it. It's always fun to have a new app, fun to have a new community, new interface.

And yeah, it's like we're all in this like little thing together, but we're all like achieving something together. We're all getting healthier together. Yeah. It's fun. And you have accountability too.

That's nice. I love it. So two days down. So healthy. Yeah. So healthy. Something's different about you, man. So healthy.

I love it. All right. Cool. Well, this is Tuesday, January 3rd. Thanks for listening to our Wednesday episode. We'll be back Monday with some goodies. We'll talk Christmas. Yeah.

Jake's been hyping up a story pretty strong. I know. I have been hyping it up. So I'm excited to hear about it. I think it'll be all right. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

We're going to give Steve Koop a call. Give old Bill Fold a call. Thanks for listening, guys. We'll see you right. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. We're going to give Steve Koop a call. Give old Bill Fold a call. Thanks for listening, guys. We'll see you next week. Love you. Bye. Bye. Bye.

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