Fickle Felker of Fate (Show #248)

Chit chat: why we sound different, drink check

Oregon trip: (Rowan stops by to chat), hanging with friends, the Rose Parade, Lost Lake, the beer store and its neighborhood, crazy Texas liquor laws

Kitchen Konfidential Kompleat?: down to the ground, slidey mesquite floors, chipped granite, five-burner stove goodness, small oven, can't finish the slideshow, Frank's brass furnace

Cooking fun: smoked turkey gumbo, holiday chili

Winter garden: spicy lettuce, drying peppers

Holidays: Hosting Thanksgiving, Christmas toys

New computer: DIY home theater, hacking Frank's email, new obsession

Cross-examination in the community

End-of-year vacation: outings with kids, travels to Denton, Frank finds a Felker

Tech Talk: iPad Mini critic guys a Mini, new Google Maps app has issues, iTunes 11 sucks

Cocktail Talk: Whiskies of the World comes to Austin, donga punch, volcano bowl, planning the spring tiki crawfish boil, 26th anniversary coming up, Jack's car

(Beggin for) Feedback city

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Link-O-Rama: Belmont Station, German smoked beer, For Whatever Reason, Mackie 402-VLZ3 mixer, Rode NG2 shotgun mic, MythTV, Bar Congress

Walk the Walk (Show #247)

Chit chat: drink check, awkward segueing

Prolific gardening: the squash sickness, milspec tomato cages, planting at my sister's, (pause to waive at the neighbors), sharing the produce, walking sticks eat our mint leaves

Kitchen Konfidential: the date is set, driving to get the mesquite, surprising the wood, sorting the boards, another "thing you can get in the back of a Prius", cabinet fixin, no kitchen for a month, finding tiny ovens, Sears is cool (who knew?), new freezer, granite is fun!

Potentially stalking podcasters in Oregon

Return to the studio

California: Shelly the film geek, seeing 2 rare Spencer Tracy films, travel tips, lunch in Santa Monica, whisky bar, booze sexism, dinner in LA, double-decker tourist, wandering into a Beverly Hills hotel, more incredible whiskies, North Face snobs, rare movie night at the Billy Wilder Theater

…and out to the porch

Drink check: sipping Zacapa 23 and the Ardbeg Alligator, Japanese whisky

Thyroid surgery: hospital virgin, medical payment unpredictability, upsetting stuff while groggy, talking to the doc, recovery, my smiley scar, pie and lentils

Observing the natives on our street: drivers and children and cell phones

iPad stand goodness: podcast with a mic mounted on a microphone stand

More ruminations on the murder of walking sticks. and crawfish boils, and more cats

Thanks for Web site help

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Link-O-Rama: Balvennie Smash cocktail, For Whatever Reason, The Flatus Show, Gag the Manager, Life of Spaguy's Wife, GigEasy, The Daily Pint, WhiskyCast, Tucker Professional Web Services, GeekFit, Beatweek, Overheard at Disneyland, Disney Day Trippers

Pretzel Logic (Show #246)

Chit chat: Frank is hardily working, button punching, drink check, masculine limes, Bullett Rye

Christmas celebration: family juggling, hosting dinner, LED dimmers

Kid time: one kid at a time, it's not fair

Frank sleeps late and fiddles with XBMC

New Year's Day with my brother

Cooking: pretzels, gumbo, chili

Kitchen Konfidential: no wood

Medical stuff: roids, nursing home search

Show maintenance: show openers on Spotify, past feedback lost in tragic gmail accident

WordPress Comment Theatre

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Link-O-Rama: Shelly's Podcast opening songs on Spotify, For Whatever Reason recipes,

I Am the 10 Percent (Show #245)

Chit chat: Technical difficulties

Titles

News: Don't eat all the turkey, vegetable weekend with movies and waffles, restless

House & garden: tree surgery, rain!, Frank rubbernecks construction projects

Bowling at the German dudes club

Medical corner: CPAP racket, roid rage

Kitchen Konfidential: wood mill owners are flakes, drought limits tree harvesting/cutting??

Shelly's plugs

Hello kitty: Norbert's drinking habits, Jack on top

Tech talk: rolled over by the Googleplex, lemon-y iPhone 4S, replacing the MacBook battery

Cocktail talk: Comparing orgeats, applejack rabbits

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Link-O-Rama: Shelly on Google+, WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings Web site, my episode (audio), Rachel Maddow makes an applejack rabbit cocktail

Put A Lime In It (Show #244)

We journey to Massachusetts where we stay with our friends Aimee and Carole. And make cocktails.

Toes in the Water (Show #243)

Here we are, sitting on the dock of the lake, reflecting on a lovely week.

Lobster Fest (Show #242)

The cause of and the reason for...lobster

Beer Bath (Show #241)

Frank and Shelly review the beer they drank in Bath Maine.

Loony Bin (Show #240)

I suggest you listen to this with headphones. Some of the nature sounds are hard to hear.

House Lights (Show #239)

Frank gives an all-too-brief description of the weird lighting in our rented house.

New England Line Dance (Show #237)

Frank and I took a vacation to Maine and Massachusetts recently, and made some recordings to entertain you. Like last year's 12 Days of Frank's Vacation, these are short, semi-random bits of our trip. The first one is about what we did when we arrived. Enjoy, and please let us know what you think.

The Maine House (Show #238)

Gangsta Lien (Show #236)

Chit chat: Frank has the sound board

Titles

News: Fishing and tornado warnings, the inaccessible conference, refinancing the house with less paper, Shelly loses everything (side trip to the gun store)

Gardening: Frank build the irrigation system, tiny migrant farm workers pick many tomatoes, the 9-inch pep

Kerrville road trip: Not as uncomfortable as it used to be, texting the folk singer, Garrison Brothers' Distillery

Kitchen Konfidential: Premature demolition averted, mesquite flooring, matching powdercoat color, checking out milestone and granite, we need to pick a new range, Frank ponders his career as a remodeler

Cocktail talk: Happy anniversary, Tigress, mourning the Parlor's closing, cocktail correction

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Link-O-Rama: Redboy Podcast

Rosemary's Baby (Show #235)

Chit chat: Date and time, mic positioning, follow Heil on Facebook, push the button

Titles

News: Allergies, mom's been illin and fighting for better care, cool weather, maters and peppers getting bigger, rain needed, Kerrville Folk Festival, refinancing, irrigation

Hello kitty: Neighbor kid stalking the cats

Tech talk: Fixing the iMac/Mac OS is stable, set top box, You Don't Know Jack accessibility

Cocktail talk: Making orgeat

Feedback city

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Link-O-Rama: Heil Facebook page, Kerrville Folk Festival, Cheryl Wheeler, You Don't Know Jack for iOS, orgeat recipe Life of Spaguy's Wife

Extracted Nipples (Show #234)

Doin it rong

Chit chat: Setting the scene, cocktails, never gonna quit podcasting (probably)

News: Kids' Olympics, iPad show notes, mom busts through her iPad bandwidth cap, (Aside: watching the passing vehicles), praise for mom's cheapness, Frank replaces Frank's door

Kids' stuff: "it's not FAIR!", everyone has wheels, mom fall down go boom, bike training for three-year-olds

Challenges continue for Joyce

SXSW invades our city: bands everywhere, dinner with Redboy, Shelly is your tour guide

Dreamy: waking up angry, Charlie Sheen

Spring projects: (A visit from special guest Hugh), new garden mulch, bickering about the yard, new plants, family claiming our tomato plant, sprinkler plans,

Trains, trains, and trains: red line has been running one year, social media and SXSW, urban rail planning, Shelly gets all emotional about transit, smartphone navigation

Hello kitty: over-run and outgunned, new cat door, neighbors petting cats

TV Contest Results

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Link-O-Rama: Redboy Podcast, Comedy4Cast, Life of Spaguy's Wife

Kill Your Television (Show #233)

Send a voicemail or audio comment telling me what show I should watch

Be persuasive and creative

Show must be one hour or less in length, and available for viewing on the Grande Communications cable system between 2/3 and 2/10 2011.

Deadline for entries: 2/3/11

The winner, as judged by me, calls the tune: tell me what show to watch, and wina semi-fabulous prize, to boot.

Be nice to me or I'll cry!

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Feaux Reaux (Show #232)

Chit chat: Six years, 12 days may be enough, not Friday the 13th, beverages

News: Mental health crises, mom's iPad, LED Christmas lights suck

NEW SEGMENT--Kitchen Konfidential: Choosing flooring, learning wood terms, my blue cabinets, soda cloud, point/counterpoint

Hello kitty

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Link-O-Rama: Gag the Manager, Life of Spaguy's Wife

Squirrel Killer (Show #231)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #12

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Catnip Kitchen (Show #230) …

Three Screens to Rule Them All (Show #229)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #10

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Ham Boxing (Show #228)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #9

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Merry Christmas, Stinky Frank (Show #227)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #8

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Pulling Back the Curtain (Show #226)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #7

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Wheat Germs (Show #225)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #5

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Just Ask for Christmas (Show #224)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #5

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Pelted with Pecans (Show #223)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #4


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Blame Canada (Show #222)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #3


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Pint for a Pint (Show #221)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #2


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Covered in Children (Show #220)

12 Days of Frank's Vacation #1


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