Saturday, November 9, 2024

Shenanigans Episode 357: T-O-O-D, That Spells Moon

In this week's Shenanigans podcast, there's a little bit of NFL talk, mostly at the expense of the Dallas Cowboys. We just had Halloween, which leads to one of the greatest stories in Shenanigans, next to Rich's Yoo Hoo story. Somehow we end up talking about terrible firemen mustaches and whale poop. Will monkeys ever type Shakespeare? All this and more this week on Shenanigans. As always, this podcast should be listen only with caution in public and at work. We are adult humor.

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Shenanigans Episode 356: I Say Tomato, You Say Northern Lights

In this week's Shenanigans podcast, it's a trio again. We start with sad news about Phil Lesh and Teri Garr. Craig dragged Allyn out to the bar on a Monday night, which Allyn tried to say was something he never did (please refer to last week's episode). We look into some medical things that mosquitoes cause. Nigerian princes are going bankrupt because you've been ignoring those emails. Gen Z can't walk and chew gum at the same time, and are elephants people, too? As always, this podcast should be listen only with caution in public and at work. We are adult humor.

Friday, November 1, 2024

Literally the Best Reviews: Nuclear War

Nuclear War: A Scenario - Annie Jacobsen
Dutton Press
400 Pages

While I did not grow up in the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis, I did live through air raid drills at my elementary school, and “The Day After” was a huge TV movie during my early teens. Granted, my younger siblings did not go through the air raid drills and I was among the last of the generation to do so, the specter of nuclear annihilation was definitely a part of my formative years. We were told that Niagara Falls was a major target because the Russians would want to knock out our power producing capabilities. Because I grew up less than twenty miles from the famous cataract, I wondered what would happen if a nuke took out Niagara Falls. Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen gives us a glimpse of the aftermath. It isn’t pretty.