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Faithful listeners will know, and new listeners should know, that KJ of the Shed is a productive and well known actor, in addition to his many creative endeavours within the actual Shed. Here in Episode 180 we hear more about how the other two more shadowy Dogs are spending their time, working, playing, and absorbing little bits of occasionally useful information, like: the real story behind the old “I want all green M&Ms in the green room” diva trope, the world of used tires, the little known connection between the trivia business and the pub business, and speculating about what kinds of substance abuse the early creators of moving cartoons were indulging in. Your head may well be spinning coming out of this one, so take a good look at your surroundings as you begin listening!
Links: Shed Dogs; Van Halen's tour rider specified that M&Ms be provided backstage with the brown ones removed; used tire shop in Burnaby; Steamboat Willie out of copyright; over 200 viruses cause cold symptoms; RJ plays in the Senior Doubles semifinals at the 2024 Vancouver Foosball Championships; vertigo; the Rossland Senior Secondary Grad 50th Anniversary; nicknames.
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, with permission.
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We went to the locally legendary Northern Cafe and Grill, and brought back our opinions. This episode was recorded the afternoon of that visit, and also includes our customarily excellent Listener Mail, a marvelling discussion of the anachronistic and fabulously talented genius YouTuber named Bobby Fingers, and a seldom seen phenomenon that occurs when an uninvited rodent guest finds its way into a large and crowded food venue: the Rat Wave. There’s all that and quite a bit more in here, so settle in and have some laughs!
Bonus: Keep listening after the music fades to find yourself on a road trip with the Dogs to the Northern Cafe!!
Links: Shed Dogs; The Northern Cafe and Grill’s web page and the CBC review that resulted in long lineups there; bands that played The Breakers; why some teens refuse to dress warmly for winter; Do’s and Don’ts of Dog Discipline; rare footage of Dick Cavett in Into the Woods; what the BOBs say in Marathon; the Dan-D-Pak web site is a marvel; Apple’s advice on wet phones; enshittification; late stage capitalism; red envelope (lucky money); Bobby Fingers’ YouTube page (highly recommended!); and an old article on why UPS trucks rarely turn left, at least in 2017.
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, with permission.
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We’re still here, and so are you—win/win! This episode finds us enjoying ourselves in the Shed with a lot of Listener Mail (thanks to all of you - so appreciated!), a dissection of what makes Costco shoppers tick, our genuine awe at KJ’s ever more sophisticated art skill, PJ’s new(ish) job, RJ’s cool new high tech wallet, throwing shade at Cybertrucks, and more. Spring is slow arriving this year and as a result so are we—we’re sticking with that story, but only for the moment. Have a look at the art on the website, and take in the Dog version of the news - we’ll be glad you did!
Links: Shed Dogs; AirTags; RJ’s new wallet tracker (if you have a US PO box, it’s much cheaper to buy from amazon.com); the International Appalachian Trail extends north from Mt. Katahdin in Maine; where to find K-Chicken; Why Shopping at Costco is So Enjoyable; best microphones for podcasting; Consumer Reports on extended car warranties; the EV battery repair issue we discussed; a really fun video about Cybertrucks.
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, with permission.
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A belated and hopefully auspicious Happy Chinese New Year! We’re sorry to have been away for so long. This was recorded December 30, but then there were virii and work commitments and Buddy ate our show notes… we’re sorry and feel really grateful anyone misses us. In this episode we share yet another brilliant money making idea (MMI™), we discuss how our Christmas celebrations went, and we get to talk about a couple of Tales from the Shuttle (PJ did a month back at the old job over Christmas). RJ has podcast and movie notes and KJ has a Christmas movie. That he’s in! Very exciting. And, as you might guess from this episode’s art, we sample some doughnuts, which requires us to issue a misophonia alert! (Also known as newjerseydetectivophobia). Settle in and get to know us all over again. You won’t regret it. Much. Not right away, at least.
Links: Shed Dogs; naming your iPhone timers; the Hey Jude podcast episode RJ refers to; Nativity bath bombs; Bad Santa; Top Gun: Maverick; Dream Scenario; putting gasoline in a diesel tank; walking soccer; math disability; Lucky’s Doughnuts, mmmm.
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, by permission. Doughnut photo by Nik on Unsplash.
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RJ took a boat trip, touring the bay and inlet in a sporty rental with some in-laws, and we get to hear about how urban boating works these days: rules you have to follow, examples of navigational hazards we landlubbers are blissfully unaware of, and how a real ship’s captain behaves when questioned. We even managed to transition into Snappers with at least one nautically related one, and we take another marvelling look at the seamy underbelly of the dental industry—the mysterious “Little Man” who collects and somehow profits by your old crowns and bridges. Who is this person? How do you get that job? Do you have to be within a maximum height limit? Questions, questions, questions, laughs and a few answers await in this our 176th epic episode.
Links: Shed Dogs; Northern Cafe and Grill; Deadloch; Word of Honor; One Spring Night; The Morning Show; Sam Altman reinstated to OpenAI; scrimshaw; olly olly oxen free.
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, by permission.
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Okay, we were maybe a little caught up in our lives, Christmas, work, and families…we were getting behind both in new episodes and in revelling in email about episodes we did publish. We cover a lot of ground in this episode, from special precious knowledge about how to stop a pit bull attack, to how great Taylor Swift is, to theories on why Christmas decorations are up earlier every year, and to the happy sound of the carousel you can hear from the park. But really…we spend about half the episode enjoying reading your responses to past episodes, and to discussing those responses. You can hear it all right there in our voices, so have a listen to us enjoying you enjoying us.
Links: Shed Dogs; Under the Boardwalk: Tom Tom Club version, Drifters version (the original); the timing of Christmas decorations; as of December, 2023, that right wing party in the Netherlands has been unable to form a coalition; “Jenny Jennifer”, a shill for a hotel linen company, holds forth on brown hotel blankets on Quora; the Taylor Swift Eras Tour movie trailer; spoiling the Taylor Swift dive magic; glacial erratics (and yes, they can be as small as a pebble!); Aldergrove Regional Park (this short video gives a good tour of an awesome park).
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KJ, famous Shed Dog stage and screen actor, continues to be sought after in the acting world. Less important is our apology for the long delay between episodes. PJ has been asleep at the editing switch once more. Still…have you ever wondered what bath bombs do or what they’re made of? Me neither, but all of a sudden here’s KJ explaining it and working on making his own with Pattie of Vancouver. We also have Snappers in this episode, and whoever is feeding him these killers needs to knock it off. Halloween is reviewed (we’re talking to you, Jessie of Montreal) and there’s yet another solid gold money making idea from PJ. A long delay, yes, but worth the wait? You be the judge.
Links: Shed Dogs; The London Beer Flood; collective nouns for animals; Notches of New England; The Camino and Porto; that Teresa Teng song referred to in the episode; Matthew Perry obituary; bath bombs; Taylor Swift; Leonard Nimoy sings that Bilbo Baggins song; William Shatner sings Mr. Tambourine Man.
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We cast the net of shareable experiences and learnings wide in this episode, as your faithful correspondents report from the far-flung reaches of Portugal and the Northeastern United States in autumn. Thrill to the pounding surf of Maine! Marvel at everyday Roman ruins! Let your mind wander free as we describe 40 degree heat, pounding rain, beautiful fall colours, and untold thousands of acres of olive trees! You’ll get valuable tips on managing rental cars and dealing with immigration and passport issues, as well as hearing our unique insights on such things as Portuguese cuisine and motel temperature management techniques. Think of the money you’ll save as you realize you’ll never have to go to these places after our vivid narration! So, grab a pulled pork sandwich or a lobster roll and settle in!
Links: Shed Dogs; passport requirements for travel to the EU; do colours repel insects?; how table olives are prepared; social class in the UK; the Festa dos Tabuleiros; the Moors; the waves of Nazaré.
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By the time you read this, the Barbie Movie bandwagon we’re jumping on with two emphatic feet will probably be collecting dust on a Hollywood back lot, but in this episode we respond in a big way to Susinn of Vancouver’s challenge back in Episode 169: see the movie, give our thoughts. We also take time to enjoy another round of KJ’s Snappers, and PJ and RJ compare their starkly contrasting notes on economics instructors they had 50 or so years ago. But mostly: Barbie!
Links: Shed Dogs; gift card tampering; the pompatus of love; nonce words; trebuchet; stochastic; slaughter bots!; lede; Barbie (the film).
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, by permission.
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Podcasts are a lot like a stroll in the woods: one minute you’re wandering along soaking up the silence and sun, flowers and trees, and the next minute you’ve missed a step and find yourself worried about survival. In this episode, just like in the real world, we are going along enjoying Listener Mail after complaining about health care (as is our wont) when suddenly an idle reference to current politics leads us into the murky and dangerous waters of discussing racism. Walk with us here to see how we fare—you’ll be able to feel us concentrating. After we emerge from that swamp, we wash off in the cool clear waters of a conversation about PJ’s (as of this recording) upcoming trip to Portugal and KJ’s remarkable journey as an artist. All’s well that ends, they say, don’t they? Keep those feet moving!
Links: Shed Dogs; Urgent and Primary Care Centres; getting on a GP wait list; NASA worldwide fire map (zooming shows that the large orange parts are a series of smaller fires); BC’s fire and smoke forecast map courtesy of friend of the show Bowinn Ma (Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness); Vivek Ramaswamy; an attempt at defining “racialized”.
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, with permission.
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We are even more directionless than usual here, and we’re hoping the resulting unplanned conversations about the nature of light and heat, about the use of cookies and the practice of asking whether they’re acceptable, and about the concept of dark patterns in web design are both entertaining and educational. We also get to enjoy sharing listener mail with you, do a bunch of KJ’s Snappers, and talk about approaches to berry picking. Finally we receive a Barbie challenge from special Guest Susinn of Vancouver. So centre your chi, picture a limpid pool deep in a silent forest, and put on some bug spray: it’s the Shed Dogs!
Links: Shed Dogs; the room temperature superconductor was not reproducible, alas; Fred Savage and Deadpool disagree over Nickelback; Vancouver’s Pride Parade; the Barbie trailer; Carlos of Podstatus.
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, with permission.
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We recorded our record 169th episode on the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, and noting that fact led us to a conversation about the effects of nuclear bombing, levels of background radiation in several places, and the degree to which those effects are widely understood. But somehow we still managed to get to discussing the proposed Enhanced Games, the English Corner, and KJ’s very clever approach to an audition for a part in an animated series. After discussing another of PJ’s YouTube pastimes (“Vice Grip Garage”), RJ also proposes a rock solid theory on who drives which flavours of vintage North American cars. We look forward to responses from those of our audience that feel they fit the theory…or don’t. Get listening and start writing!
Links: Shed Dogs; shooting in Clinton Park; English Corner; the Enhanced Games: official website and Wikipedia article; the demise of Gawker; Vice Grip Garage; OEM parts; beater sounds; why Hiroshima was not like Chernobyl; radon in BC.
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, by permission.
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Continuing our trademark quest to gather and share knowledge with faithful listeners, in this episode we get a first hand review of KJ’s quest for deep connection and insight via Golden Teacher mushrooms, and of Rich’s first hand observed report on how the shell game scam works, direct from the mean streets of Paris. We also talk a bit about eSIMs and AirTags for those of you soon to jet off to those mean streets yourself. On top of those chewy morsels, RJ gives us a surprisingly interesting and wholesome look at, of all things, a coffee maker repair shop, and PJ muses about human nature after a conversation with his dental hygienist. There should be something here for everyone, is what we’re saying, so dig in and fill up!
Links: Shed Dogs; AirTags; eSIMs; the shell game; somebody beat us to the automatic toilet shutoff; 2001 A Spaced-Out Odyssey.
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, by permission.
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This time around the Dogs provide an uplifting (not) view on the state of the world with respect to climate. But we cheered up while hearing that KJ’s “Beachcomber” work is still paying residuals, that PJ had fun on Canada Day, that a pastoral setting accentuates the Pops, how East Van’s own English Corner is going, and whether VanDusen Gardens gets it done (it does). So, come on along with us and see that it works out for you, too!
Links: Shed Dogs, world fire map (NASA); the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone; Florida is in hot water; Great Barrier Reef rebounds.
Theme music by Voodoo Jazz, with permission.
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Rob of Saskatoon returns to join us on a gripping journey through RJ’s recent confrontation with his citizenship, and let’s face it, himself. We manage to make a couple of complete meals out of just the titles involved in that process before moving on to other things like what it was like for Rob and RJ and Mike of Rossland to come to Canada as Young Americans around 1970 (hint: discard the notion of Canada’s warm regard for our southern cousins), the results of KJ’s recent foray into expanding his consciousness even further, the Robson Zoo, and a hearty round of agreement on what a fine fellow Chroner of Duncan is (hear his visit with us in Episode 52). It’s a lot of good clean fun with four old good friends—join us!
Links: Shed Dogs; the Robson Zoo; portrait mode; the Ascension of Jesus; the Assumption of Mary; the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary; enunciation; Asunción (the capital of Paraguay, originally called Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción (Our Lady Saint Mary of the Assumption); Sucre (the capital of Bolivia, named after Antonio José de Sucre and never confused with Asunción); besmirched; the Second Council of Constantinople, in which anathemas were declared against those who rejected the Perpetual Virginity of Mary; Asuncion (girl’s name); the Gospel of Mary; the Lost Gospel (in which Jesus marries Mary Magdalene); renunciation of citizenship; Shed Dogs episode 52, featuring Chroner and Deb.
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RJ’s revered elder brother and serial listener Rob arrives from Saskatoon and his current listening position at about episode 61 (or put another way, about two years ago in Shed history), joins us in the Shed to the excited joy of all three Dogs. Mayhem ensues, and listeners will want to focus as a fast paced hour of chatter and laughs and coffee takes us through the recovery of an iPhone 14 from 30 feet of water, RJ’s long lost wallet, BC by-election results, happy news for Bowinn Ma, million dollar ideas, unusually ridiculous Snappers, memories of Charlie the Lonesome Cougar, and more, with constant cross talk and Buddy the actual dog participating the whole way. We really had a lot of fun on this afternoon and we’re really hoping you’re able to catch some along with us.
Links: Shed Dogs; a diver finds Jenna’s phone; Saskatoon; the MLB definition for a walk-off; implosion of the Titan; Nuytco (the North Van submersible suit company), slide whistle; visiting the B.C. legislature; Bowinn Ma is expecting; the June, 2023, B.C. by-elections; Call Me Caroline reacts to the Beatles’ first album; a car noise generator.
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Today you’ll learn (and tomorrow you’ll tell your friends about) the shocking new news about dental hygiene, and you’ll never believe what we tell you about sitzpinklers! Remember, you heard it here first. As an antidote to that graphic conversation, KJ steers us into uncharted waters as he reveals to us his recent learning and future plans around Golden Teacher mushrooms. We get to share some fun listener mail, too, and along the way we hear about the perfect sandwich, an exploding gas station, and RJ’s homage to Mutual of Omaha as he tells us the latest news from the Robin Cam he set up under his deck. There are things to learn and things to dream of here, so close your eyes, centre your chi, and journey with us.
Links: Shed Dogs; Polestar; tooth brushing surprise; Golden Teacher therapy session; Merry Pranksters; MDMA for PTSD Treatment: Phase 3 Clinical Trial Results; Henry Youngman’s 128 Greatest Jokes; Bob Newhart on Johnny Carson; Comox gas station fire; whiskey stones.
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, by permission.
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Love, derision, amusement, anger, wonder, curiosity, satisfaction and many other emotions accompany a tour of snappers (with bonus words from Brett K. and RJ), medical news on Alzheimer’s and tooth brushing, robins nesting under RJ’s deck, and KJ’s fascinating recent stint in Ottawa. We get some positive news on Sun Life, which is PJ’s new friend with benefits, and tips, too, on how to decide which health facility to attend when your next Big Moment arises. There’s a lot here to take in, so if you’ve had a balanced breakfast after a good sleep, you’ll get a lot out of what was a really fun episode for us!
Links: Shed Dogs; stye; Metro Vancouver ER wait times page; Nahre Sol’s video on Erik Satie; Paul Gross is Lear; the National Gallery of Canada
Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, by permission.
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This episode is more than just okay. In fact, we expect an avalanche of encomiums as we coin an all-new acronym while sharing a truck repair story that’ll singe hair (and find out that even the pros do dumb stuff now and then). It’s certainly egoism that leads us to think you’ll want to hear it, and egoism will decide if you do, not mere caprice. As usual we will cavil about the things that annoy us (like people other than Stevie who use phrases like “what the deuce”), but there are more than a few iotas of smiles to be had, so we hope you’ll settle in and have a cocktail while you listen.
Links: Shed Dogs; price of Costco hot dogs; why gas tanks don’t explode; egoism; how a dopamine related gene drives empathy.
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Over the past few years we’ve said many times how much we appreciate, even love, the listener mail we get. Many times, the response to a segment generates more interesting conversation than the bit they’re commenting on. In this episode we have mail from Leigh of Courtenay (honourary weather Dog), Rustica of Portland, and Joanne of Rossland, covering, among other things, weather wardrobe, simple syrup, Diet Coke, a really bad movie, composting, and (our upcoming) T-shirts! We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we did, and maybe feel inspired to write your first (or your hundredth) letter letting us know what caught your attention.
Links: Shed Dogs; weather presenter; In the Name of the King (metacritic); the Burnaby composting facility.
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