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Daily Podcast PracticeBirds Aren’t RealFrom DailyPodcastPractice.comBorn on this day in 1951, in Saint Vincent's hospital on Staten Island, New york, one of the five boroughs of new york city, Husband, Father, grandfather, and MY brother, Russell Grimshaw. Happy Birthday, Bro!Did you know that we have a national Gen-Z conspiracy movement called Birds Aren’t Real? According to the article I found in the NYT, it claims that birds don’t exist and are really drone replicas created by the U.S. government to spy on Americans.False history of the movementBirds Aren’t Real d...2021-12-1007 minDaily Podcast PracticeNuclear Reactions and TonsilsFrom DailyPodcastPractice.comOn this day in 1942 World’s 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction occurs in at the University of ChicagoOn this day in 1964, Ringo Starr had his tonsils removed.Born on this day in 1928 in Staten Island, New York, Russell Charles Grimshaw. My dad.Another Thanksgiving story. This is from the online edition of USA Today.2021-12-0305 minDaily Podcast PracticeDo You Scrapple?From the Daily Podcast Practice show with Rich Grimshaw. . .This is the Daily Podcast Practice show for Tuesday, November 9th, 2021, day nine of National Podcast Post Month - NaPodPoMo. Today is National Scrapple Day. Not scrabble, the word game, but scrapple, the food.Born on this day in 1906, somewhere in Germany, German rocket engineer - and later American rocket engineer - Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph. Herr Rudolph was a leader in developing the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany. How did he get into the United States space program?2021-11-0908 minDaily Podcast PracticeHappy Birthday Decimus Burton on International Podcast DayToday is International Podcast Day https://internationalpodcastday.com/A special happy birthday to do to Bernard Rich, a.k.a. Buddy Rich, renowned drummer, musician, and band leader. Born on this day in 1917 in Brooklyn, New York https://www.onthisday.com/people/buddy-richAlso born on this day 1800 in London, England, Decimus Burton, one of the foremost English architects and urban designers of the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimus_BurtonToday’s word is vituperation https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vituperation2021-10-0107 min
Daily Podcast PracticeDid Leonard Bernstein Wear Secondhand Clothes?Today is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day https://nationaltoday.com/national-secondhand-wardrobe-day/Born on this day in 1918, Leonard Bernstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_BernsteinFrom the blog at Rich Grimshaw.com2021-08-2509 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's about dadMy father died on this date last year, so this is about him.2021-05-2605 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's the government's turnEd Snowden didn’t find anything about holding aliens hostage or collaborating with them on microwave ovens and iPads, but the government will release a report in June with more details. Well, they’re supposed to.https://www.space.com/ufo-report-military-dod-to-congress-next-month2021-05-2504 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's edward snowdenHappy World Turtle Day. Seriously. Go hug a turtle or a tortoise. Ed Snowden busts the bubble on the US Intelligence services holding aliens hostage or collaborating with them on microwave ovens and iPads. Darn. Next he’ll say that Santa Claus isn’t real. https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/us/edward-snowden-joe-rogan-conspiracies-trnd/index.htmlEpisode art provided by Wexor Tmg https://unsplash.com/@wexor2021-05-2405 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s international simple joe t-shirt dayThank you Joe Taylor for my T-Shirt! Find more of Simple Joe and his daily podcast at TheSimpleJoe.com. I was thinking that Steve Jobs was an alien. Turns out I’m not the only one who thinks that. I haven’t found evidence of it, but it’s sure an interesting hypothesis. More to come. And, good things about my day today.2021-05-2306 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s a stretchStanton Friedman,a nuclear physicist, opines that extraterrestrial life is here on earth. Yep, the aliens walk among us, and they want to quarantine us on earth to prevent us from doing mischief in outer space! Good hypothesis, but no evidence.Episode art provided by Sharon McCutcheon https://unsplash.com/@sharonmccutcheon2021-05-2206 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s artificialAre aliens already here? A famous British astronaut says they are, but where’s the evidence? And how do self-driving cars figure in to this? https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2020/02/29/former-astronaut-suggests-alien-beings-are-here-on-earth-if-so-maybe-they-are-waiting-for-ai-self-driving-cars-to-emerge/?sh=2c528bbb3bf9Episode art provided by Josh Gordon https://unsplash.com/@joshgordon2021-05-2107 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s possibleSome very smart people think the extraterrestrials are already here? How about you? Are alien beings, extraterrestrials, living with us and we don’t even know it?https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/former-israeli-space-security-boss-says-aliens-are-living-on-earth-and-mars/ar-BB1bKWG6Episode art provided by Jen Theodore https://unsplash.com/@jentheodore2021-05-2005 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s questionableWhy do you think we haven’t found aliens (or they haven’t found us?). Or. . .do you think they’re already here? And other silly things.https://www.businessinsider.com/why-have-not-found-aliens-aestivation-hypothesis-gaian-bottleneck-2018-8Episode art provided by Stephen Leonardi https://unsplash.com/@stephenleo19822021-05-1807 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s snarkyHappy National Walnut Day. Alexanda Petri writes humorously about Tucker Carlson. She’s good. “Tucker Carlson consults a private eye about the pandemic”Episode art provided by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America2021-05-1806 min
Daily Podcast PracticeIt’s predatoryFor those interested, we’ll look at how long you can last in space without a spacesuit. Bald eagles are back. They’re hungry, so keep spot and kitty inside.The eagle cam at Berry College in Rome, Georgia https://www.berry.edu/eaglecam/Episode art provided by mana5280 https://unsplash.com/@mana52802021-05-1709 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s trivialHappy International Chocolate Chip day and World Whiskey Day; the Jones Act is suspended; and triviaEpisode art provided by Felix Tchverkin https://unsplash.com/@felix_tch2021-05-1506 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s deliciousWe’re talking buttermilk biscuits and chocolate chip cookiesEpisode art provided by Debbie Widjaja https://unsplash.com/@debbiewidjaja2021-05-1505 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s newsy and limerickyGlobal and domestic news rundown, and a belated celebration of National Limerick Day.Episode art provided by Rosie Kerr https://unsplash.com/@rosiekerr2021-05-1306 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's silentTwo related blog posts from Matthew Dicks about his clever group of students. https://MatthewDicks.comEpisode art provided by engin akyurt https://unsplash.com/@enginakyurt2021-05-1303 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's gassyExpect to pay more for gasoline because a big pipeline is shut down, and we’re looking at a national shortage of qualified drivers for tanker trucks.Episode art provided by Erik Mclean https://unsplash.com/@introspectivedsgn2021-05-1206 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s explainedI‘ve never understood the difference between the UK, Great Britain, and England. Until now. Knowledge is power! And look what they found in this cave!Episode art provided byAldo De La Paz https://unsplash.com/@aldodlp2021-05-1009 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's mother's dayThe woman who started mother’s day, and we read the opinions of Matthew Dicks’ students on the way he dresses. (They’re as bluntly honest as he is.)Episode art provided by Jhon David https://unsplash.com/@jackhammer2021-05-0904 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s worth readingWe explore ten books written in the 1920s, nearly a hundred years ago.Episode art provided by Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page2021-05-0809 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's magicWhat do Matthew Dicks and Harrison Ford have in common?The Moth https://themoth.org/Harrison Ford video clip https://youtu.be/rB0wzy-xbwMEpisode art provided by Erik Lucatero https://unsplash.com/@erik_lucatero2021-05-0706 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's secureEpisode art provided by Dayne Topkin https://unsplash.com/@dtopkin12021-05-0709 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s fancy. it’s fast. it’s The Derby.Today we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and take a look at the Kentucky Derby’s economic impact on local neighborhoods.Episode art provided by Jeff Griffith https://unsplash.com/@grifjef2021-05-0511 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's simpleMay the 4th be with you! Episode art provided by Patrick Echers https://unsplash.com/@echersmedia2021-05-0406 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's not normalHappy National Paranormal Day. Are you one of the 35% of Americans who have seen a ghost? And we revisit the TV series Ben Casey, where I first saw the symbol for infinity. Ah, those were the days. Watch the show opening here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1pB9ti5kGIEpisode art provided by Varun Gaba https://unsplash.com/@varunkgaba2021-05-0307 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit’s criminalTech leaders urge the United States government to designate ransomware attacks as a national emergency and called for an international coalition to thwart the bad guys.Episode art provided by Michael Geiger https://unsplash.com/@jackson_8932021-05-0206 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's fictionalAn update on this podcast, and how I came to be reading all of John Le Carré’s novels.Episode art provided by Killian Cartignies https://unsplash.com/@kikisad2021-05-0107 min
Daily Podcast Practiceit's moistA look into logomisia.2021-04-3007 min
Daily Podcast PracticeIt’s controversialJohan Deckmann if found here https://www.good.is/articles/self-help-book-titles and herehttps://www.instagram.com/johandeckmann/Episode art provided by Sam Moqadam https://unsplash.com/@itssammoqadam2021-04-2910 min
Daily Podcast PracticeIt’s InfiniteEight ways to conceptualize infinity. Good luck with that.Episode art provided byJakub Gorajek https://unsplash.com/@cinegeek2021-04-2810 min
Daily Podcast PracticeButterflies and MothsFor more on moth symbolism and meaning: https://www.worldbirds.org/moth-symbolism/#:~:text=crushed%20by%20touch.-,Moth%20Celtic%20symbolism,as%20having%20a%20dark%20side.Episode art provided by Krzysztof Niewolny https://unsplash.com/@epan52021-04-2709 min
Daily Podcast PracticeToday Is For The BirdsTwo famous people born on this day. I know one of them very well. Brene’ Brown’s documentary “The Call To Courage.”Episode art provided by Joshua J. Cotten https://unsplash.com/photos/q77K0zIDTmI2021-04-2606 min
Daily Podcast PracticeIt's Electric!The latest in electric-powered vehicles is a tug boat!2021-04-2506 min
Daily Podcast PracticeKaty Bar the Door, I’m Sleeping In TodayEpisode art by Breanna Klemm https://unsplash.com/@bre_klemm2021-04-2407 min
Daily Podcast PracticeOn PoetryGet your culture on! Listen to our lightning-quick review of 14 classic poems.Episode artwork by Radu Marcusu https://unsplash.com/@radu_marcusu2021-04-2306 min
Daily Podcast PracticeLake LanierZebra mussels threaten Lake Sidney Lanier!! And a haiku about lakes (I think).Haiku credit: https://medium.com/house-of-haiku/quiet-moments-in-a-lake-ba2719d89fccEpisode artwork Tom Henell https://unsplash.com/@alifedeliberate2021-04-2206 min
Daily Podcast PracticeMeteors and Tax ReformJason McBride on Medium.com https://jasoncmcbride.medium.com/Episode artwork by Tasos Mansour https://unsplash.com/@mantasos2021-04-2108 min
Daily Podcast PracticeI feel stupid.Wikipedia has lots of smart people contributing to its vast body of knowledge. I don’t qualify. Not even a little bit.Episode art provided by Jon Tyson https://unsplash.com/@jontyson2021-04-2004 min
Daily Podcast PracticeTwo Haiku, Change Your Diet: Save the Planet, Daily ThingsFor today's show, I tried something new. I won't do it again. I recorded outside using the microphone on my macbook pro. It's broderline unbearable, but since I'm too lazy to re-record, I'm going with it. If the weather is nearly as nice tomorrow as it was today, I'll try recording outside again, but with a dynamic mic like the ATR 2100 or similar. This is a creative project, and I know that many of my creative efforts are going to be, well, somewhere between bad and super bad. This is one of those.Episode art provided by the t...2021-04-1909 min
Daily Podcast PracticeMore HaikuI learned a few things about Haiku, and I’m passing them on to you.Episode art by Taylor Wright https://unsplash.com/@taylorannwright2021-04-1810 min
Daily Podcast PracticeWant to Haiku? We have resources.It’s International Haiku Poetry Day, so we look at a few definitions of english-language Haiku poetry and wander around the website of The Haiku Foundation at https://thehaikufoundation.orgEpisode art by Toa Heftiba https://unsplash.com/@heftiba2021-04-1708 min
Daily Podcast PracticeIt was going to rain on National Librarian's Day. Get prepared.Giving our first dramatic reading of a random paragraph! It was. . .meh. . . Celebrating National Librarian’s Day, and I confess I’m an introvert. No news there.2021-04-1605 min
Daily Podcast PracticeA Hidden Tunnel, Laundered Money, and A Pock A PeeAn Illinois couple discover a brick-lined tunnel beneath their historic house. Celebrate National Laundry Day by washing your tax money. Get wild with your prose by the flagrant use of apocape.Episode art by Benmar Schmidhuber at Unsplash.com2021-04-1507 min
Daily Podcast PracticeNational Gardening Day, Gray Hair, and the Tools on my To-Buy ListDo you have a home garden? How about gray hair? I have one but not the other. Guess which one.Episode art credit to Dennis Schrader https://unsplash.com/photos/JZzFLQqWp7s?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink2021-04-1407 min
Daily Podcast PracticeAn Original Haiku and Beating Dead HorsesOn yesterday’s show, I promised to *try* to create an original haiku. I did it!! I think I’ll do more (stay tuned). A listener asked me to research the meaning and origin of the phrase “beating a dead horse.” So I did. Not that I condone or encourage beating dead horses, I just did the research and present it for your edification.2021-04-1305 min
Daily Podcast PracticeNational Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day and the Japanese Art Form of HaikuWhat cheese do you want on your grilled cheese sandwich? Maybe you should write a Haiku about that. 2021-04-1205 min
Daily Podcast PracticeIntroducing Best of Craigslist, and Crapshoot! Better than frisbee golf or badminton!I found a new game touted on Best of Craigslist. Not sure I'm ready to compete (https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sac/7052566619.html)2021-04-1106 min
Daily Podcast PracticeHug Your Dog and Jump From Tall BuildingsIt's National HUG YOUR DOG Day! And yesterday's featured picture on Wikipedia is of a BASE jumper. Those guys are nuts.Episode art By Kontizas Dimitrios - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=197693712021-04-1007 min
Daily Podcast PracticeGet over yourself and Just Ask.Don't let your natural inhibitions hold you back from asking others for what you want or need. Just ask nicely. And accept that they could turn you down.2021-04-0905 min
Daily Podcast PracticeNational Beer Day! And other things. . .It's hard to top National Beer Day, so we won't try :-)A reading from PurposeFairy.com on The Wisdom of Stepping into The UnknownAnd, two places I have *no* desire to visit.2021-04-0811 min
Daily Podcast PracticeWorld Health Day and Cicadas. LOTS of cicadas.Today is World Health Day, and this year’s theme honors nurses and midwives, the on-the-call, restless workforce that revolutionized the healthcare industry as we know it today. And we look at the emergence this spring of BILLIONS of 17-year cicadas. Huge creep factor. . . .2021-04-0710 min
Daily Podcast PracticeBirthday Cakes and Farm TractorsA brief history of birthday cakes and some helpful quotes for decorating your next one, and I share my intentions on learning more about farm tractors.2021-04-0605 min
Daily Podcast PracticeRemembering the Last Days of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Yesterday marked 53 years since the assassination of Dr. King. I remember the day it happened.2021-04-0506 min
Daily Podcast PracticeEaster Bunnies and a Squirrel in DistressOn this Easter Sunday, we look into the meaning of hares (bunnies), and first responders in Austin, Texas rescue a trapped squirrel!2021-04-0406 min
Daily Podcast PracticeStuck In The MiddleAn important subspecies of homo sapiens, the middle child, is in danger of extinction!2021-04-0307 min
Daily Podcast PracticeCows and Cuddling, and Other Obstacles to SuccessFeeling stressed? Been cooped up inside too long because of this stupic virus? Go hug a cow. Seriously, go find a cow and spend some quality time leaning against it or scratching it’s back. You’re welcome.2021-04-0208 min
Daily Podcast PracticeThe Great Swiss Spaghetti Harvest of 1957. Writing is messy, don't try to clean it up.On April 1, 1957, the BBC aired a documentary on the Great Swiss Spaghetti Harvest, and they were totally surprised at the response. You can see it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dUWe check in with Matthwr Dicks and his fourth of five rants on teaching writing in the elementary grades. My life would have turned out differently if he, or someone like him, had been my teacher. But I have no regrets.2021-04-0110 min
Daily Podcast PracticeBoats, Goats, and an Irish Murder MysteryThe Suez Canal is open for business, a Watergate obituary, and the new podcast West Cork2021-03-3108 min
Daily Podcast PracticeThe Big Ship is free, and the Forsyth County commissioners discuss laws for AirBnB and VRBO laws.Rejoice throughout the land! The container ship Ever Given is free! World trade is saved! But. . .the COVID pandemic still thrives. AND the Forsyth County Commisioners debate regulating Airbnb and VRBO properties. They get paid for this.2021-03-3010 min
Daily Podcast PracticeThe Ever Given is still stuck, piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, and what I like about being me.The world economy hangs in the balance as engineers and naval architects struggle with freeing the grounded container ship Ever Given. This is maritime drama at its best! We visit GCaptain.com to learn of present-day piracy on the high seas. And the random question is about me. It's all about me.2021-03-2908 min
Daily Podcast PracticeUpdating the Situation in the Suez Canal, a Home Improvement Project, Matthew Dicks Part 3, and My Thoughts on WritingThe good ship Ever Given is still aground in the Suez Canal, disrupting the global economy. With help from my brother Russ, the old door to the basement shop has been removed and replaced. Thanks for the *awesome* help, bro! A third blog post from Matthew Dicks on how to teach writing.2021-03-2808 min
Daily Podcast PracticeMatthew Dicks Rants On Writing, Part 2Storytelling superhero Matthew Dicks checks in with his opinion on writing and thinking, which is not the same as what he thinks about writing. I think.2021-03-2705 min
Daily Podcast PracticeA correction, a BIG ship in trouble, and household choresMatthew Dicks' book is called Storyworthy, not Storytelling. Sorry about that, Matthew. An absolutely *HUGE* container ship is blocking the Suez Canal, screwing up the global supply chain. Let's talk household chores.2021-03-2608 min
Daily Podcast PracticeMatthew Dicks Rants On Writing, Part 1Matthew has published six books and he has posted an entry to his daily blog every day since 2003. Every. Day. I think he knows something about writing. And he knows how to rant.2021-03-2507 min
Daily Podcast PracticeUseless (and perhaps funny) facts about Britain, and I don't understand why you would buy this.My brother Russ suggested that I read these useless and (maybe) funny facts about Britain. So I did. And, today's question is about things we buy. Or don't buy. No judgement here.Thanks to Aldo De La Paz for today's episode art: https://unsplash.com/photos/qTLyiHW1nIc?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink2021-03-2407 min
Daily Podcast PracticeA new subscriber, a poem, and a difficult thing to do every dayWelome Joe Taylor from the Simple Joe podcast, TheSimpleJoe.com, another David-Hooper-inspired, sausage-factory format. Go have a listen, and check out his other podcast On Faith's Edge at OnFaithsEdge.com.Since it's Tuesday, I have a Tuesday poem. And today's question: What's a difficult thing that you do each day?Thank you Pascal Bernardon for today's episode art.https://unsplash.com/photos/JgKRFyuynS8?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink2021-03-2305 min
Daily Podcast PracticeA quote from Steven Pressfield, and I confess I'm a terrible judge of character.Steven Pressfield and I have had very different lives. I'm glad I lived the life I did, but it seems I can learn something from his life, and I wonder about that at times. One thing I've learned is to not trust my evaluation of other people. I've been wrong many more times than I've been right. Many more.Today's cover art is from the talented artist Tiago Muraro.https://unsplash.com/photos/pwMds57bapI?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink2021-03-2206 min
Daily Podcast PracticeMore cow talk, including the popular "How Now Brown Cow"I'm grappling with the notion that the occaisional hamburger and the daily peice of cheese I eat are destroying the planet and will ultimately wipe out Homo sapiens. Not that I'll be around to see it. 2021-03-2106 min
Daily Podcast PracticeCelebrate spring and one month of podcasting! and feed your pet cow seaweed to save our planet . . .A listener in Florida points us to an article to fight climate change.Thanks to Artem Ivanchencko for today's episode artwork https://unsplash.com/@artemivanchencko2021-03-2009 min
Daily Podcast PracticeWhy Do We Dream? And Harry Truman Tells Us to Get Out of The KitchenI sure have some strange dreams. Wish I knew why. Or maybe I don't want to know.2021-03-1910 minDaily Podcast PracticeSneezing - it's not just for hayfever, and an interesting meaning for being "saved by the bell."Reading this was the most fun I've had so far. I laughed a lot at the discoveries I made about sneezing and being "saved by the bell." I didn't make any of this up. Seriously. . .2021-03-1810 minDaily Podcast PracticeThe Feast of Saint Patrick, You Never Had It So Good, and My Biggest Financial MistakeOn this day we ( and a *lot* of other people around the world and in space!) commemorate the death of Saint Patrick, the foremost patrom saint of Ireland. We investigate the phrase "You never had it so good." And I reveal the biggest financial mistake that I'm willing to confess. 2021-03-1708 minDaily Podcast PracticeGood Dog Breeds in Old-Folks Homes. Are Fiddles Fit? And What's Worth Waiting For?I sure hope I get to have a dog when they put me in a home. Here's a recommendation on what kind of dog to have. Our random phrase is about fiddles, and the question is about what we think is worth waiting for. Someday I'll have a real podcast, but until then. . .2021-03-1608 minDaily Podcast PracticeRetirement: Going To The Dogs, Barking, and a Prediction!Wise people suggest that getting a dog is good for you in retirement. Hell, I think they're good for you all the time. But if you get one, don't let them bark up the wrong tree. And. . .I have a prediction for 10 years down the road.2021-03-1508 minDaily Podcast PracticeA Successful Husband and Wife Business, and My (Low) Faith in HumankindI love success stories. Today we read about a husband and wife team that are making it in the remodeling business. Good for them. And have you lost faith in humankind? Is humankind worth having any faith in it?2021-03-1407 minDaily Podcast PracticeFocusing on What We Do Every Day, Author Annie Dillard, and Musings on MuseumsDoing more is not doing better. If you could have a museum, would you?2021-03-1409 minDaily Podcast PracticePresidential Fireside Chats and My Latest Face-PalmFranklin Roosevelt demonstrated the power of speaking into a microphone with a compelling and compassionate message. Maybe that's where I got the idea for this podcast. . . . And we revisit my latest stupid act with electronic media.2021-03-1206 minDaily Podcast PracticeDaylight Saving Time - Good or Bad and The Artificial Frontal Lobe AppSo, we seem to be having a national discussion about the benefits and risks of changing our clocks twice each year, and I, for one, and glad we are, so I read a little about it. And we answer a question about an app I'd like to have.2021-03-1108 minDaily Podcast PracticeGeorgia Wants to Get Rid of Daylight Saving Time and My Wandering MindLooks like Georgia is going to get rid of springing forward and falling back.2021-03-1008 minDaily Podcast PracticeWhy I Do This and My Favorite Sing-Along ArtistsWhy does a grown (and presumably mature) man take the time to curate material and talk about it into a microphone every day? Well, here are my reasons. Your mileage may vary. And. . .my favorite sing-a-longs.2021-03-0910 minDaily Podcast PracticeLeonid & Friends and Favorite DocumentariesLeonid Vorobyev is the Russian musician that founded the Chicago cover band Lenoid and Friends. I have a little of his backstory. Find him on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD5ZsXiIFlrWrbOCM6rEDKQ. Question 98: What are some good documentaries you've seen? The Wrecking Crew and Muscle Shoals. And from 1922, Nanook of the North.2021-03-0807 minDaily Podcast PracticeMatthew Dicks' Homework for Life and Nostalgic Bands From My (Mispent) YouthHomework for life will give you a different way to see the every-day events of your life. I recommend it. And we revist nostalgic bands. 2021-03-0707 minDaily Podcast PracticeMatthew Dicks and Dave Ross - two people who influenced my lifeMatthew is a story teller, and, in many other ways, an extraordinary soul. He inspires me. Dave was my freshman-year college roommate and fraternity brother. He inspired me in other ways.2021-03-0611 minDaily Podcast PracticeCDC Advises to Prepare for the 2021 Zombie Apocolypse. I didn't make this up.I have two comments on yesterday's episode, and we talk about the CDC's recommendations on how to prepare for the 2021 Zombie Apocolypse.2021-03-0511 minDaily Podcast PracticeEight-Year-Old Craftsman and BusinessmanOK, I love this story from my local newspaper. An eight-year-old boy gets his dad to help him with woodworking crafts, and his mom helps him with retail sales, and it works! He's got sales. And he rolls his profits into helping folks around him. It's a neat story.2021-03-0409 minDaily Podcast PracticeFinale! Things To Do In Retirement Part IIIWork on your *OWN* terms, and rekindle an old hobby. OK. Let's talk about them. And, don't be a jerk. Just don't.2021-03-0307 minDaily Podcast PracticeThings To Do In Retirement Part IITeach, Connect with Family, and Travel. I share my thoughts about these options.2021-03-0207 minDaily Podcast PracticeThings To Do In RetirementI’m planning to go into “retirement” in three years, and I’m starting to think of what that will be.2021-03-0108 minDaily Podcast PracticeIf You Want More Energy In The Morning (Finale!) and food expiration dates.Final thoughts on the Huffpost article on putting more energy in your morning routine, and we answer a question about eating food that is past it's "expiration date." 2021-02-2808 minDaily Podcast PracticeMore Energy In the Morning Part IILet's begin where we left off yesterday and look at two more of the seven things this article in Huffpost recommends we do in the morning to give us more energy. Plus, the Pulitzer Prize won by the Huffington Post. Today's question: I apologize, and who's a bad roommate?2021-02-2708 minDaily Podcast PracticeDo You Want More Energy In The Morning?This is a daily podcast, so I though it appropriate to address an activity we do every day: we get out of bed! (Well, I do on most days, and I'm thankful for that.) Today I read two of the seven things this article in Huffpost recommends we do in the morning to give us more energy. I'll read two more of them tomorrow.2021-02-2610 minDaily Podcast PracticeDonner Party 1846-1847A story of pioneer survival in brutally harsh cicumstances. I have been forever fascinated by this early account of the american migration to the west. Makes COVID-19 look like a walk in the park.2021-02-2507 minDaily Podcast PracticeWater, a Railroad Bridge, and Recreation.I'm fascinated by lakes and rivers, railroads, bridges, and repurposing outdated infrastucture. There's something happening in northeast Georgia that piques my interest on all accounts.2021-02-2409 minDaily Podcast PracticeWhat About Bob?We're pretty sure the hero will live if we know the story has a sequal. And, unrelated, I can recommend a good plumber.2021-02-2409 minDaily Podcast PracticeDoor HardwareA member of StackExchange.com asks how he can keep his door latch set attached to a hollow-core door. Not exactly an existenshal crisis, but. . .I've got an answer.2021-02-2307 minDaily Podcast PracticeIntroverts and ExtrovertsElizabeth Hopper at ThoughtCo.com asks whether it is better to be introverted or extroverted. I ask, does it matter? I mean, I don't think we get to choose. Let's just accept what we are and go with it.2021-02-2210 minDaily Podcast PracticeDaily Podcast Practice TrailerHi, my name is Rich Grimshaw and this is my Daily Podcast Practice, where each day I practice the art and craft of talking into a microphone. It's not always pretty, and, depending on your point of view, it may or may not be entertaining. But it's fun for me :-). Thanks for listening.2021-02-2102 min