The other night I was playing a game of Chinese chess with my son. It’s something we do every so often since the day he asked me what the game with the funny markings was. As I watched him struggle and plot out his moves, I was reminded of an experience I had in Hong [Read More…]
There aren’t many things that connect people like rooting for a sports team does. It is amazing how for a few precious moments during a crucial game that politics, race, stereotypes, and whathaveyou don’t matter, you can unite for your team and cheer, smile, laugh, and cry. For 30+ years that’s what I got to [Read More…]
I turned 40 this year, and if I can cap it off with any one thing it would be the Cubs winning the World Series. For the first time in 71 years Cubs fan can root for their team in that very series. It is a very exciting time for me… and with any luck my [Read More…]
The other day while we were out on a family bike ride we stopped mid-way for a little refreshment. My wife and I apparently got talking a little lovey-dovey to each other and we may have made mention that we are “soul mates” that apparently prompted this thought from him: “I believe in soul mates [Read More…]
Driving home from the city we passed a billboard advertising spray tans at a local tanning salon chain here. My youngest (California-raised) boy had questions… 10 yo: What’s a spray tan? Me: People go into a tanning salon and basically have their skin sprayed a little darker. 10 yo: like spray painting? Me: Yeah, they [Read More…]
Pat and I investigate the “Stork” Theory of childbirth… You are welcome!
On the third attempt to wake my youngest son today he and I had THIS amazing exchange: Me: Seriously, dude, this is like the third time we’ve tried to get you up… My Son: I know just a second… Me: Come on dude… My Son (still curled up in bed with eyes closed): I was just thinking, [Read More…]
April 1st, 2018
April Fool’s Day is a thing but why? Pat and Eric did some research to find out and they came up with some interesting stuff. This story has paper fish, calendar confusion, mythology (of course), and a major religious figure’s circumcision.
March 22nd, 2018
The other night I was playing a game of Chinese chess with my son. It’s something we do every so often since the day he asked me what the game with the funny markings was. As I watched him struggle and plot out his moves, I was reminded of an experience I had in Hong [Read More…]
February 5th, 2018
One Horn and No Corn – The Unicorn Story Pat and Eric were asked “Why are they called unicorns? Where does the corn come into play? Shouldn’t they be called unihorns?” They answer this question and tell the story of how unicorns came to be.
January 24th, 2018
Foosball Tomfoolery and Soccer’s Etymology Pat and Eric take a listener question from Brock in Cincinnati about foosball, specifically why did tabletop soccer get that name here in the United States. In the process of answering that question they dug into the word soccer as well, it seemed equally weird that we use that name [Read More…]
December 18th, 2017
If Oct Means 8 Why is October Month Number 10? So we all know an octopus has 8 legs, an octagon has 8 sides so by that logic October should be month number 8… but it isn’t. In this episode, Pat and Eric explain why and they discover a whole host of other screwy things about [Read More…]
August 4th, 2017
I don’t get the hate out there for cargo shorts, seriously not at all. I’ve seen this article posted a handful of times, I do note that it was shared on April 1, 2016, so I do hope that it was an April Fools’ joke though I have no proof to believe that. None the less [Read More…]
June 24th, 2017
Why Haven’t We Gone Back to the Moon? ( 👨🏻💻👨🏻💻🎙🌎🚀🌔❓) If you are like Pat you may have wondered why we haven’t gone back to the moon, or you may be surprised to find out that we haven’t been to the moon in over 40 years. Either way, this is the episode for you. We [Read More…]
