Archive for November, 2009

Another Case of Formula Frenzy (VOL041)

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast! This week’s edition: Another Case of Formula Frenzy.

It was a dry and brisk November evening when I got the call. Sitting at my desk with the blinds cracked just enough to allow the last rays of sunlight from the dying day to creep through, the ringing of the phone shattered the silence like a brick through a pane of glass. The dame was one-half shrill hysteria, two-thirds livid frustration, and just a splash of hopeless desperation. The recipe for a typical batch of Formula Frenzy. Combine and shake well; serve chilled and aggravated.

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Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam! (VOL040)

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast! This week’s edition: Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam!

In the world of geek, there are few things more humorous than a sketch by the famous British comedy team Monty Python. One of my favorites is the Spam sketch, in which a man and his wife go out to breakfast and nearly every item on the menu contains Spam. Most items contain Spam multiple times, such as “Spam, bacon, sausage, and Spam.”

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