For the first time in the history of our show, I forgot to hit the record button. It was bound to happen and these things do to even the best of us. Luckily I realized my most important duty had been neglected at about 5 minutes into the show. So really all you'll miss, if you're listening to the recorded version, is the rundown of what's coming up on the show. But you can find that out here by continuing to read this. I've cleaned up my flub as best I can. The show starts right off with a listener E-Mail. It's all smooth sailing from there on out. This is good incentive for you to tune in live on Sunday evenings. You never know what you're going to miss because one little red button didn't get pressed.
Another first we can chalk up in our show history is that we ordered pizza moments before going on the air and it was delivered while we were doing the show. In fact, Dennis was paying the delivery guy moments after I remembered to start recording. Unprofessional? Maybe. Delicious pizza that fueled us for a good show? Absolutely! And what a mixed bag of awesome this episode is. We finally give you our brief thoughts on "The Expendables" as asked for by the before mentioned E-Mailer.
Nike is on the verge of bringing back the 80s by creating a shoe from the year 2015. Whaaaaaa? You just thought to yourself. Let me explain. Nike's Test Kitchen crew recently filed patent papers for shoes that look stunningly similar to the "Air Mag" auto-lacing shoes Marty McFly wore in the year 2015 on Back to the Future II. If you remember the scene, the shoes had a light up logo and a small button that when pressed sucked the laces down and conformed to you foot. The clip is below in the show links if you want to have a look. And take a look at the images of the patent papers too. As you'll see it appears Nike's real-life version of the sneaker may work the same way.
Meanwhile down unda, Paul Hogan of the Crocodile Dundee fame is being held in his native country until he pays all taxes due to the government there. Hogan lives here in the US, but had flown back to Australia to attend his mother's funeral. Not sure what or how it happened, but he was caught and told he couldn't leave until paying millions in back taxes. Good luck to him on that.
We also talk about whining on Facebook. I'm sure you all have a friend or 2 who does it on their wall and maybe even yours. Well imagine if the guy who came up with the damned wall was doing it... oh, actually, you don't. Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, is apparently moaning and groaning about the way he is portrayed in the new Facebook movie called "The Social Network." Should Mark suck it up if he wants to collect the big bucks? Are his gripes justified? We discuss this. And we'd like your opinion on the matter as well.
A new study has some shocking results when it comes to what ladies would give up in order to stay thin. Over half of them would do it too! Any ideas what they'd leave behind for a slimmer waist? I'll give you a clue, only a quarter of the men polled would do the same. Okay, that was pretty much a dead give away.
And while we're on the subject of staying thin, one way to do that might be to stay away from a few choice fast food options. We have a list of 10 of those items you should NOT order if you value good cardiovascular health. The number 1 thing on this list is a sandwich that Dennis eats regularly. We may have saved his life after he heard his caloric intake from this bad boy.
Because it's the end of the month, this show is an extended episode with music! Charlie and I met one of the bands we play on today while at the Classic Gaming Expo here in Las Vegas. They're called "Decendants of Erdrick" and they specialize in old-school video game music. We also play some tunes from our good pal Jinnai who DJs at anime conventions. Links to him and the Decendants are listed below if you want to check out more of their music.
Now I'm gonna warm up some left over pizza and practice hitting the record button a few thousand times before next week's show.