167 - Reading

• This episode is going to be more like what I want from future episodes, just exploring a topic.
• With project updates as progress occurs - a garage door update in the shop.
• Reading, I try to read at least some every day.
• I love reading, the use of imagination. While I watch a lot of movies and don't read many books, that's because movies are shorter. It's also easier to multi-task during a movie.
• Reading in school.
• My veracity for reading started in second grade.
• The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.
• I've read a lot of Vonnegut, working through his books now.
• Cormac McCarthy is my favorite author.
• Phillip K. Dick
• Orson Scott Card
• Books I want to read.

166 - Top TV 2018

• Generation Kill
• Better Call Saul
• Star Trek Continues
• Succession
• Atypical
• Bojack Horseman
• The Haunting of Hill House
• Bodyguard
• Homecoming
• The Shield.

165 - It's Still Electric

• Where to put my 240 volt receptacle.
• If you're doing electrical work, hire an electrician. If you want to risk your safety, this is how I wired my junction box and receptacles.
• Red Dead Redemption 2 - closing in on the end.
• Shop ceiling panels

164 - 240v Electrical Work

• Finalizing details. Will be splitting a 240v circuit to 120.
• I have a subpanel for baseboard heaters. Baseboard heaters no longer exist. Re purposing the breaker to get (2) 120v breakers and I just might add a 240v outlet to the shop for the future.
• Dust collector needs a dedicated circuit
• Tracking down the breaker box diagram

163 - Shop Upgrades

• Cleaning the shop, everything has a layer of sawdust, but the dust collector should fix it.
• Starting with a Harbor Freight DC. Look at the upgrades, options are a Cyclone chip separator, Thein baffle, filter upgrade, Rikon impeller upgrade. 
• I'm going to make my own Cyclone, separating chips protects the impeller and keeps the filter clear. The HF filter isn't great, a Wynn filter is more efficient and cpatures more.
• Preparing for the ceiling panels which means I need to install my ceiling mounted receptacles.  
• Planning out all receptacles and am going to run them off a dedicated circuit. 
• Nanowrimo is almost done and so am I.
• Rants on scooters and entitled drivers.

162 - NaNoWriMo Thanksgiving

• The batting cage has been taken down, it must be Thanksgiving.
• Painting of the shop is done, the ceiling is next. I made a shelf too. The new shop will be organized!
• Watching The Shield while I paint. Watched the last few seasons as they aired after catching up on DVDs. Later watched it all again when I bought the complete DVD set.
• The Shield is one of my favorite shows with The Wire and The X-files. I'm not sure a new show can supplant the shows I first fell in love with like Lost, The sopranos, The West Wing. Those have been favorite for so long,  a show I saw last week can't supplant that.
• Last week I watched Bodyguard S1 and Homecoming S1.
• Listening to the podcast of Homecoming, I like the show better.
• NaNoWriMo - scrapped my third screenplay and started a fourth . Outlining is going much better, I'll need more than the 10k words I have left to finish, but I may just finish it anyway.

161 - Shark Jumping

• Shop project update - painting CMU
• Prepping for paint has only reinforced the need for dust collection
• NaNoWriMo Update- Switching up stories to write a romance screenplay. Why not, right?
• A followup on the Kavanaugh claims from last week.

160 - 80s Juice

• When do you stop being sentimental over birthdays.
• How many days in a month do you feel down? Has that changed over time?
• Ward's shop update
• Rod's getting rid of his highway miles van
• Sports cars
• Car payments
• If Rod won the lottery he would read the newspaper un-interrupted.
• Writing inspiration
• Red Dead Redemption II

159 - NaNoWriMo Begins

• Halloween has come and gone. I was Battlehawk from Fortnite. I'm already thinking about costumes for next year.
• I want to start a new project now that the Halloween projects are done. I want to do the tactical shotgun from Fortnite and I want to rearrange my shop. Not sure which one is first. 
• Nanowrimo is upon us.
• Voted early, no one pushing candidates, no lines, no one but volunteers.Choosing candidates is a crap shoot, but I do like to see relevent experience.
• Speaking of which, the Mets new GM.
• Touching a monitor that isn't touch-screen should NEVER happen, nor portrait image and videos with a phone.

158 - Almost Done for Halloween

• Halloween is upcoming and I'm ready to be done. Already cleaning up the shop, close to done with costumes.
• Thinking about next year's costume, I would like to do something Fallout related or wild west
• Red Dead Redemption 2 is out, it will be the first game I've purchased in three years. The last game was Fallout 4.
• I was an actor at a haunted house. I used my Twisty the clown costume.
• The deck project is on hold until spring. I can't pour concrete in the cold, so I may go ahead and update my shop. I want to upgrade the electrical and rearrange it for efficiency.
• I've talked about painting my truck, building a drift trike, and a cnc router. Maybe some day.

157 - I Saw Rhett & Link

• I saw Rhett and Link at the NC state fair. It was a musical concert, and while there songs are silly on the surface, they are quite clever. I've been listening to their songs all week.
• Voting is your obligation. While picking candidates feels arbitrary I've made my choices. I don't vote party line, I'm not party affiliated. I vote for who gets the job done. I also think candidates should have relevant experience. Having no experience in politics isn't an asset.
• The Fortnite halloween costume is nearing completion.
• I will accomplish one of my goals, an actor at a haunted house.
• Let's talk about littering.
• We close out with the horror movies and shows I've been watching.

156 - Milestone

• The podcast has reached the milestone of three years worth of weekly episodes.
• Rod and Eric are back to mark the special occasion.
• Halloween costume update.
• Differing opinions on Kavanaugh.
• NaNoWriMo
• Unfinished podcast projects
• Eric completed Project Vanity
• We're going to a hockey game... sometime

155 - I Made a Video

• I edited a video for the first time in over a year. It's a promo for boxofficerefund.com These videos will be dropping throughout October.
• I built a website in the past week: boxofficerefund.com/
• Still working on the Fortnite costume. Working with foam, when to switch blades, getting the details right (or wrong). Using a wood burner for details, paint effects, weathering etc.
• NaNoWriMo is coming in November

154 - 154

• Updates on the Fortnite costume and some general tips working with EVA foam.
• What I've been watching, Atypical, Bojack Horseman, American Horror Story, The Walking Dead.

153 - Dating a Grabboid

• Special guest: Nico Bell
• Fortnite costume update
• Box Office Refund website design. Coming October it's going to be awesoem.
• Car registration - 21 months lapsed
• Catman statues, it's a strange world in which we live.
• Venus fly trap project. How would you build a 4' tall
• Shelf life for women and men in their 30s becomes talking about whether we would date a grabboid, from Tremors fame, both bipedal and worm.

152 - Fortnite Costume Updates & Graphic Design Project

• Fortnite costume update - the tac shotgu was scaled correctly. The scar was way too big.
• The Battlehawk costume has started by cutting/taping patterns to a duct tape dummy I made.
• Got pants, boots, and gloves in the mail for Battlehawk.
• Designing a logo for Box Office Refund, my other podcast. 
• A logo has to read across different mediums, scale, and transform. Does it convey the brand message?
• Adobe Kuler is a great tool to for color selection, even if i didn't use the recommendations this time.
• The Box Office Refund website is launching in October. Staged a photo shoot for marketing photos. I wish i could do more of this, but it's time intensive. I did a Breaking Bad photo shoot a few years ago.

151 - Back to Projects

• Halloween costumes will be Fortnite inspired- Battlehawk and Enforcer with the tactical shotgun and scar. I've modeled the fire arms in sketchup even though they'll be the last thing I make. They're the most fun.
• I have the hardware for the deck, just need the wood. That project has been way too long in the making.
• I've always wanted to make a branding iron.

150 - Super Heroes, TV, VideoGames

• Talking Marvel super heroes
• Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix
• Board Games
• First day of school
• Trollhunters
• Breath of the Wild

149 - Group Work Ain't Bad but How the Marlins Treat Acuna Is

• Group work. Nobody likes it, but all in all it hasn't been bad to me.
• Acuna should not have been hit, and Keith Hernandez's opinion is wrong.
• I'm not as old as I feel. It's an old person thing to say, but here we are.
• Adults can be stupid, I'm trying not to be a stupid adult

148 - Video Games

• Video games with a guest. What we have played, our favorites, and firsts.

147 - MoviePass and Gwent

• MoviePass unveiled a new plan after running out of money two weeks ago. They unveiled a new, new plan this week. What is their plan? Do they have one?
• The warped wall/climbing wall is done (except for paint)! It's a lot of fun and my grip strength will be improving over the next few weeks.
• I've been playing Gwent, the online card game. It's fun!

146 - Don't Die On Me Movie Pass

• The rain has made work on the warped wall slow.
• Movie Pass ran out of money over the weekend. Many changes have made it less functional for me.
• Will I renew next year? I don't even know if they will exist in six months.
• Check out the Box Office Refund podcast. Find all the links you need on Twitter, it's on Stitcher, soon it should be on iTunes.

145 - Corporate Beauracracy Rant

• I'm co-hosting a new podcast, Box Office Refund, with my friend Nico Bell.
• Billable hours. It's a stat that means almost nothing because everyone wants it to look good and there's a whole department to monitor it. What a waste.
• I know nothing about billable hours. My rant is conjecture, fabrication, and hypothetical.
• Warped wall update.

144 - Self-Made Billionaire Youtubers

• Kylie Jenner was recently touted as a self made billionaire. Is she?
• She has a lot more opportunities and resources than the average person.
• My son wants to make a Youtube channel. It's not as easy as he thinks, at least not as easy as if Kylie Jenner started a channel.

BONUS: Hot Fuzz Movie Review

• Hot Fuzz (2007) is an amazing British comedy parodying action movies.
• Rod joins the episode for the review.
• That scene from Spaced, the mimed guns.

143 - Rental Cars and Warped Walls

• I rented a car and what a saga it turned out to be.
• Don't accept a rental car when the employee tells you, just pump up the tire and it will be fine.
• This drama does have a happy ending.
• Caption contest. Do you want to know my entry? Here's the image.
  
  
• Warped wall - Why I'm building a ramp/ladder/climbing wall.

142 - How Much Cheese is Too Much?

• People say eating too much cheese will stop you up. Is that true? Does Taco Bell really run right through you? Ward ponders these questions to no conclusion.
• The baseball all star vote. It's working exactly as it should.
• Hereditary is a solid movie even if it isn't all that scary.

141 - Designated Baseball Shift

• Why baseball shouldn't ban the shift.
• Is NL baseball close to adopting the DH rule?
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - I saw it, should you?
• Westworld Season 2.
• Upcoming project, building a deck; after that workshop upgrade.

140 - Rantings and Ravings

• I rant about rude workplace behavior. How can some people be so unaware?
• Being nervous can be good. I'm directing. I've never done it and I want to do a good job. Excited anticipatoin.
• The Atlanta Braves have the best record in the National League.

139 - Treat the Source Not the Symptom

• How I fixed my truck's tailgate latch
• I got advice on covering up the problem, but I wanted to fix it 'right'
• I have aspirations to be in the local theater guild for at least one production. I considered years ago with a focus on acting, but now I would love to design and build a set.
• Thanks to MoviePass I've watched twenty movies in the theater so far this year.

138 - Why Do Rich People Drive Rich People Cars?

• Watching HBO's latest series Succession, I ponder what determines the car people drive.
• The How We Got Here trope, I don't like it. If your movie or episode's opening is so boring that you feel the need to include a later scene, fix it. Don't try to band-aid it.
• NaNoWriMo 2018, ideas on a story.
• Halloween 2018 could be Fortnite inspired.

137 - Don't Give It Away For Free

• Doing graphic design at my job
• A skill I learned on my own from which my job reaps benefits
• I want to get paid when the only alternative is outsourcing
• Friends and family discount is a joke. They should want to help you succeed. Why would they pay a stranger instead of you?
• I don't charge for my time, only when my time is using an exclusive skill. I'll help you move furniture anytime at no charge
• Doing something for a hobby versus for a job
• Value your time and know the value
•  Pass up work

136 - I Love Movies

• I watch a lot of movies
• Landmark viewing experiences include Ghostbusters, Terminator 2, The Matrix, Donnie Darko
• Much older when I realized Ghostbusters doesn't end at the Gray Lady scene
• Started watching in college. Jamie changed how I view movies. A DVD player changed my access to movies
• My DVD collection that no longer expands
• IMDB Top 250 Chase

135 - Let's Get Political, but Not

• The political party divide
• Two parties can't encompass all the nuance of opinions
• The refusal to meet in the middle and creating enemies
• Is there a fix?
• Atlanta Braves baseball

134 - JV Baseball Career

• More Fortnite
• Little league baseball
• High School JV team
• Focusing outside of sanctioned practice goes a long way
• Future baseball ambitions as an adult

133 - Who Directs Who

• Fortnite updates
• Aspiring youtube maker used Ward's blog for inspiration - and asked first!
• Car watch 2018
• Ward's 2018 Oscar Best picture nominee reviews
• Do children owe their parents for the upbringing
• I see my job as preparing my kid for life
• Will I ever find the passion that Bryce Harper, Tiger Woods, and Jiro dreams of sushi has?
• Always wanted a roadster blazer. It's impractical but cool unlike Jeep Commanders

132 - Fortnite Battlepass is Worth It

• Eric's has a Hyundai
• More Fortnite - The benefits of getting the Battle Pass
• Ward is sharing his podcast knowledge with a friend starting a bad horror movie podcast
• Running for an office, Eric wouldn't, Ward might, would you?
• Ward hard sells Toastmasters. It's great to get better a public speaking and for becoming a better leader.
• Eric's gay wedding.

131 - Fortnite

• Fortnite
• Eric's inducted to Fortnite
• The video game is produced by Epic Games located in North Carolina
• If you do well, you have to play again to match the feat. If you do bad, you have to play again and do better
• The X-files is still going. Eric's still watching, Ward jumped ship after S11E2

130 - Dreams, Schemes, & Video Games

• The joy of having your own pitching machine
• Eric wants to talk sex dreams
• Ward can't remember any dreams
• Eric has dreams that make real life uncomfortable
• The changing usage of Ebay
• Fortnite, the reason Ward is on Ebay is for a graphics card.
• Video games we played as kids. Grand Theft Auto, Gran Turismo, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor
• The video game systems we had as kids
• Rod stops by at the end

129 - Dream Come True

• I've never worried so much about the weather. First because I was pouring concrete (for my pitching machine) and now because I want a warm day to get in thecage.
• The pitching machine is done and in place. It's a dream come true.
• I did break a wood bat the first morning using it. It's pitches pretty hard.

128 - Standard Hulu Rant

• Toys R Us is going out of business
• Eric's first time at Harbor Freight. They've got cheap tools, some of them are decent
• Ward saw Death Wish, Game Night, and A Wrinkle in Time
• Eric recommends Ripper Street, while Ward offers Star Trek Continues
• You don't need dark and gritty remakes. Star Trek Continue captures the nuance and every detail of the original
• Eric mentions Hulu and Ward goes on his standard Hulu rant
• Winning the lottery
• Low budget vs high budget movies
• Ward can't guess people's ages any more. It's due to his own perceived age

127 - Get into Your Zone

• Eric's big reveal. We're supportive.
• Gay marriage
• Straight talk offers 4g
• MoviePass is awesome. 
• Black Panther
• The Walking Dead spoilers
• Dave Winfield trivia - the only athlete drafted by 4 pro teams in 3 different sports 
• 61* and Mickey Mantle's choice quote

126 - You Never Do Portrat Mode

• Rod's garage project - a light to let him know when his garage door is open. It only took three trips to Lowe's.
• Ward's sink installation also took three trips to Lowe's.
• Garage door idea wars face off: Eric vs Rod.
• No image should be captured in portrait mode.
• Spring training is here and Ward's batting cage is up.
• If it was socially acceptable Ward would run through parking lots and hallways. He loves sprinting to get the mail.
• Fun in the airport, then and now.
• Moviepass

125 - Colon Talk

• A brief mention about the Daytona 500.
• Eric has has feelings about when things are inappropriate, you read that right.
• When and where to be appropriate or inappropriate.
•  Over the weekend Rod was sweating playing golf while Ward was playing kick ball in the snow.
• A little bit of colon talk.
• Ward's building dice towers.
• Concrete counter update.
• Cross the Netflix Stream, Ward's other podcast, still exists
• The Winter Olympics

124 - Scatter Ashes with your Mouth Closed

• FOTF finally missed a week.
• The estimate of government assistance paid to a family per day on average.
• Even people with "good jobs" can't live within their means.
• The leading normal is crazy. Why do we ascribe to the dream of american debt?
• A little note on when to start investing.
• The Cloverfield Paradox - Netflix's super bowl suprrise.
• This Is Us - that crock pot show.
• What do human cremated remains look like?
• Scattering ashes, how do you do it? 
• What to do about the resulting ash fight.
• Close your mouth! 
• The Larry Sanders Show - a forgotten nineties gem.
• The Detectorists

123 - Scott Bakula is Awesome

•  We've got a guest
• Baseball Hall of Fame inducts Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome, Trevor Hoffman
• Should Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens get into the Hall?
• The voting is largely erroneous, with advanced statistics, we can set a cut off with a few caveats
• Politics- Trump's new DACA plan violates the unspoken 'no compromise' rule in politics.
• David's first impressions
• Instagram protocol.
• Eric's new social media site: toomanywords.com
• Sci-fi on Netflix
• How big is your TV? Can you go too big?
• Ward's internet security scare and why he uses a password manager

122 - Tom Brady

• Dominion card game
• The Detectorists season 3 is amazing.
• The X-files season 11 is garbage.
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi is disappointing.
• Eric's been watching football.
• Patriot's report
• Tom Brady combine picture
• Rod on Davis - Halep tennis match
• Justin Timberlake's old hit single Dick in a Box

121 - Project Busy

• Ward's got a lot of projects going on.
• Almost done with  the metal brake
• Just finished upgrading shop lighting
• Rearranging the shop layout
• Concrete kitchen counters

120 - Last Jedi Moments & Y2K

• Y2K
• Non-memorable New Year's Eve
• Mariah Carey's lack of singing
• Ward's workshop upgrades - streamlining
• Rod's shop
• Ward's considering stepping away from his Netflix new site
• Rod likes Jumanji
• Eric has not seen The Last Jedi
• Rod's worst moments from The Last Jedi
• Ward and Rod's best moment from The Last Jedi
• Main characters don't die in movies

119 - Put a Motor On or In It

• Bring on 2018
• Christmas gifts
• Lastpass password manager
• Getting scammed by email or phone
• Ward's winter projects - metal brake, and pitching machine refurbish
• The wonders of powder coating
• The benefits of a nice RC car
• Drift trike