restart ... ropes course ... self belaying ... rippling muscles ... trust fall prohibited ... growth opportunities ... small pizza ... I’m getting a coke ... Great Falls, Virginia ... climb monkey boy ... Far Side ... no biscuit ... Nerd Scouting ... learn some Tagalog ... aircrew or shareholder ... white people rat hole ... the other cheek of the plane ... the Meddler ... 2 inch syringe ... Tyrannosaurus Rex ... stop midflight ... job is “own stock” ... dissenters microphone ... acquire Berkshire ... BRKA – holy pete! ... know people who know people ... stopping La Cosa Nostra ... know your history ... American Gods ... stuff you should know: Breaking Bad ... weekly pick: Red Dragon Inn ... weekly pick: “Red Shirts,” John Scalzi ... weekly pick: “Fahrenheit 451,” Ray Bradbury ... f#@! me Ray Bradbury ... weekly pick: “An Abundance of Katherines,” John Green ... beginning enough for you?

Still muddy ... anti-pick: skype again ... skybridge in Omaha ... noteworthy shareholders ... warren buffett plays pancake lady ... end-of-semester business ... home skull surgery ... unremarkable ... get a gown ... mortar board friction ... design for art's sake ... runway tape ... Bangladeshi shirts ... manslaughter ... structural engineer as hero ... glacial or toboggan ... less snow to shovel ... swatting ... pretty darn anonymous ... being censored ... home bomb making ... idiots ... random violence ... Julius Caesar in Africa ... Brutus unhinged ... weekly pick: Dmitri Martin, "Point Your Face At This" ... weekly pick: Paul Sietsema ... weekly pick: Robert Hobb, "Assassin's Apprentice"

You rang ... you guys are hysterical ... secret email address ... English Dave's wife ... don't live in Boston ... yelp ... Saigon Sandwich ... the Pork Store ... Sears Fine Foods ... dim sum ... La Taqueria ... oh, Marin ... North Bay geography ... 50's malt shop feel ... funky café ... nearly academic ... impressive Darth ... 20th wedding anniversary ... Tuscan sunsets in Venice ... don't go to Reno ... stratospheric mean ... Exploratorium ... a big boy ... O ... hiking the river ... hike early ... empty nest & retirement ... RISD opportunity ... why I let my students cheat ... meta game theory ... longtime listener TJ ... weekly pick: John Brockman, "This Will Make You Smarter" ... finally an extrovert ... interlude ... weekly pick: Myers Briggs with coworkers ... weekly pick: mud run ... weekly pick: hosts ... weekly pick: Hyde Park on the Hudson

Downgrade! Downgrade! ... is that Dave? ... family friendly-ize ... minor news story ... news while off the net ... an hour of gunfire ... let's rush him ... riffing on CNN ... weekly pick: Stephen King, "Guns" ... Gorbachov and the American intelligencia ... using your talent ... edge ... undemocratic and unhumble ... hiding or ardent embracing ... founding fathers' privacy ... citizen of the U.S. ... 14 year resident ... president John Hanson ... precisely the wrosng answer ... infinite number of stars ... okay, we're done here ... looking inscrutable ... wilderness ... I am bic troche anapest, dactyl ... I'll sass Lorraine ... find a mnemonic quickly ... hiding most art ... jtk ... can't recall the mnemonic ... non-antelope part of brain ... forgetting is not blameless ... shown it 1.5 times ... anti-pick: skype ... that thing's a dinosaur ... weekly pick: nsfwcorp ... 10 sharing links ... weekly pick: Hugh Howey "Wool"

Get over it … Bear-tholomew … bright shiny intellectual objects … big freakin’ data major … “math and stuff” … what we call resumes … www.slate.com—there_are_no_academic_jobs_and_getting_a_ph_d_will_make_you_into_a_horrible.html <http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2013/04/there_are_no_academic_jobs_and_getting_a_ph_d_will_make_you_into_a_horrible.html> … impressively uniform negative reaction … 50-60% attrition … need for 4-year degree? … hiring voters … career remorse … free to be narrow … NOW can we beat the children … business finishing school … everybody’s reading it … http://tinyurl.com/cog3lu5 … used copy … important to get it published … not meant for people … book about footnotes … less turgid … with glee … designated driver … sold 15 copies … cost of crappy covers … weekly pick: Joshua Foer, "Moonwalking with Einstein" … weekly pick: Cowgirl Creamery … weekly pick: Apple’s podcast app … 3 b-minus picks … weekly pick-ish: Bourne Legacy … so much more bad-ass … weekly pick: McCabe and Mrs. Miller … Jayne hats

Slowly but Shirley … fire good … mushy snow … patently moronic … abyss and certain death … that was awesome … uphill both ways … pizza vs. snowplow … weekly pick: The Perks of Being a Wallflower … shoe didn’t drop … equilibry thing … warm for the rest of his life … Veronica Mars movie rumor … cost you a finger … trailer for the kickstarter … make the movie … your check sir … worst kickstarter … atheist shoes … no sole … pope watch phenomenon … Syrian pope … puppet strings too clear … “militant” Jesuits … Pope Gorbachev … slow political change … gerrymandering responsible … filibuster rules … alcohol, tobacco, and fire alarms … simple minority … Rachel, what’s the deal? … Rand Paul makes sense … the full Strom Thurmond … grid over the state … Lizzy Bennet Diaries … Sexy Beast … weekly pick: Brick … weekly pick: “A Fault in Our Stars,” John Green … weekly pick:  outwithub

Extensive pre-game … on three we’ll attack … Leroy Jenkins … better living through podcasting … Luxardo cherries … Bitter Tuesday … guest bartenders … the aptly named “End of the Road” … Rachel Maddow cocktail moment … beer Friday … Thrift Shop catalyst … Maklemore skit … comic sans … supplanting faculty judgment … words exchanged … weekly pick: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World … a cool uncle … can you give me a hint and just beat the sh*t out of me? … racist eenie meenie minee moe … cotton picking hands … weekly pick: oldapps.com … method for buying a car … weekly pick: the Mongoliad … the price of a book … comparable decimation … www.youtube.com <http://www.youtube.com/>—watch www.youtube.com—watch <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpatG5prwuM> … www.youtube.com <http://www.youtube.com/>—watch www.youtube.com—watch <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eisdj_suOd4&feature=youtu.be> … www.youtube.com <http://www.youtube.com/>—watch www.youtube.com—watch <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGi76pkr5PM&feature=youtu.be> … www.rollingstone.com <http://www.rollingstone.com/>—listen-carly-rae-jepsen-nine-inch-nails-mash-up-call-me-a-hole-20130305 www.rollingstone.com—listen-carly-rae-jepsen-nine-inch-nails-mash-up-call-me-a-hole-20130305 <http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/listen-carly-rae-jepsen-nine-inch-nails-mash-up-call-me-a-hole-20130305> … weekly pick: Paper Man www.policymic.com <http://www.policymic.com/>—youtube-paperman-short-film-watch-the-oscar-winning-movie www.policymic.com—youtube-paperman-short-film-watch-the-oscar-winning-movie <http://www.policymic.com/articles/27679/youtube-paperman-short-film-watch-the-oscar-winning-movie> … paraprosdokian … rails of rant

Technical issues ... early pick: imo.im, browser Skype client ... Bear's birthday ... the lamb ... brother getting married? In Hawaii? Next week?? ... conch shell ... giving up wine for Lent ... liking wine ... reconnecting with friends in high school ... bestie ... YouthCon ... I used to like that job ... Macklemore ... Nerd Scouting ... top-level qualification: Legend ... html and css ... the Tenderloin ... weekly pick: quinoa salad, http://v-is-for-veggie.blogspot.com/2012/01/southwestern-quinoa-salad.html ... weekly pick: Pitch Perfect ... yeah, we're from Columbus ... weekly pick: The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3

lolwut ... TLA texting ... dave's unnamed nerd-pride crack group ... fish says bygones (shrug) ... nerd fighting ... 26 6th graders ... diversity of geekiness ... importance of being attached to communities ... good god don't wish that on me ... ignorance without guilt ... brain hurt following bear and dave nitpicking about assertions of ignorance ... things went flat for the trainer ... ventriloquist and the alligator ... weekly pick: Not So Big House ... weekly pick: rentheatmap.com <http://rentheatmap.com/> ... try annual visit with Dave's dad ... Life of Pi in 3D ... weekly pick: The Usual Suspects ... Netflix, itunes on appletv, amazon streaming ... Ordinary People now available streaming ... Lizzie Bennet diaries youtube channel redux

The one with us screaming … styles of pho … Hanoi Hilton … wait, there’s bacon? … beef with Thai basil … another foreign country: Las Vegas … Gordon Ramsay Fail … Joel Rubuchon … food choreography … ask your server … oven roasted carrots over coffee beans … best cake ever eaten … vespers bar … weekly pick: vespers cocktail at Vespers Bar … reformulating Kina Lillet … just bring us food … bonal gentian … weekly pick: the Brooklyn … weekly pick: Downton Abbey … not Prof. McGonagall

Fighting off jackals … cover orange … a buck … wittily advance … Babylon 5 … The Miserables … Chess with Dave … condemn non-memorable movies … an Us Problem … the Proper Noun Noun … Ian M. Banks … plainly a different Ludlum … King’s books … dude, you’re here? … goodreads.com … listener feedback … Whitehouse petition for a DeathStar … Empire is the 2nd one … lying recommendations … new record for least productive day … weekly pick: concentrate app … beat the droud … weekly pick: Christopher Moore, “Bloodsucking Fiends:  A Love Story” … weekly pick: Macklemore ("Thrift Shop," "Same Love," "Wings," "And We Danced": www.youtube.com—watch <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes>) … weekly pick: Jawbone Jambox

Group calls on Skype ... Plants vs. Zombies ... Downton Abbey spoiler alert ... everyone has a backstory ... 13 people and a dog in a house for 3 ... Old Sac shooting ... delivery for dunkin donuts ... skiing and heights ... parenting books ... we're good at making snap decisions ... adding Richard ... giggle of girls ... comes down to science and sex ... Mikey's late night slice ... rat hole gravitational force ... guts against homophobes ... no divorce lawyers worse than divorce lawyers ... not fun but fair ... no slut sauce for you, mr. homophobe traxlertees.com—no-slut-sauce-for-you-mr-homophobe-shirts-mikeys-late-night-slice-traxler-custom-t-shirt-client <http://traxlertees.com/2013/01/no-slut-sauce-for-you-mr-homophobe-shirts-mikeys-late-night-slice-traxler-custom-t-shirt-client/> ... even in Ohio ... weekly pick: wii u ... bonus pick: amazon prime ... weekly pick: Joe Biden as an effective politician ... Release the Biden ... weekly pick: Domino's is better than it used to be ... weekly pick: www.youtube.com—watch <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jocw-oD2pgo> ... anti-pick: septentrional as a word that annoys Dave ... 5 letter word for snow leopard = ounce

Phoboslab.org—ztype <http://phoboslab.org/ztype/> ... manual typewriters ... ICANN has cheeseburger ... we're improving your skype experience ... turning to iTunes U ... geotag magic ... we're monkey brain ... password insecurity ... booblesnorp ... too sneaky ... onepassword ... bricking my computer ... phished ... 2 groups out to get you ... bored kids, the mob ... length is what you really need ... no Don Corleone ... south of the vest ... world's tallest extrovert ... sodium pentothal ... t-shirt warning ... This American Life ... real apathy ... maybe I'm the big dog ... Supernatural ... The Wire ... Dexter ... re-pick: It's Your Ship & Surface Detail ... weekly pick: onepassword ... airplane Internet ... making Apple friends ... getting meta on your ass ... auxiliary class materials ... weekly pick: Michael Crichton, "The Secret of Santa Vittoria" ... anti-pick: United Premier ... weekly pick: WinningProgressive.org ... weekly pick: minecraft ... plants v. zombies

Hello, Dave ... Dad's driving ... special guest ... Cytron Masters ... www.myabandonware.com—cytron-masters-l <http://www.myabandonware.com/game/cytron-masters-l> ... wolfenstein 3D ... weekly pick:  Plants vs. Zombies ... steam ... iPad mini ... looking like an idiot in public ... palladog ... Black Ops ... verisimilitude bothers me ... Doom ... reddit: GumNut the Koala ... you will bleed ... do not F#@* with Koalas ... wedding at Bear's house ... semi-potluck ... big reception later ... man of honor ... weekly pick: Move the Box ... cover orange ... that's me:  Hate Hate Hate ... weekly pick: google fusion tables

International Slow Food Congress ... notes from a battleground state ... damn Italian communists ... authorized use of label ... into the waiting truck ... combal.zero ... dining in a castle ... dastardly humor ... eating without smelling ... steak tartar with tomato confit ... slow service group ... really amused bouche ... meetin' the chef ... network of chefs ... wonderful Vernazza ... paying for the view with steps ... totally worth it ... not on the face of the earth ... cranking out pasta ... pasta resistant ... you know what I miss about space? ... good food; no atmosphere ... kicking around time in Italy ... raviolono with white truffle ... crying over the pasta ... Milan Duomo ... Duomo-shaped hole ... weekly pick: magic apple peeler ... weekly pick: Nate Silver, "The Signal and the Noise" ... he's ahead in Ohio ... reservoir of anger ... angry at the weather man ... Lost at Sea ... the investigative satirist ... weekly pick: Myst book ... www.riumplus.com—mystbook <http://www.riumplus.com/mystbook/> ... weekly pick: Doris Burn, "Andrew Henry's Meadow" ... geohashing

muttered slur … darn cuckoo birds … cowbird clock … Cabin in the Woods … meta scary movie … the 80 percent mark … good and scary movie … what part of the world and for how long … with an edge … Spiderman again?!? … the Sparrow … Ready Player One ... found a lich role for you … the Help … expectations when watching … the pictures move! … weekly pick: Once … delectable Rumplestiltskin … weekly pick: Ian M. Banks, “Surface Detail” … switching Dr. Who loyalties … the value of storytelling … weekly pick: “Get Out of My Life…” … for fish by fish … Trump: uh, whoops … http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/09/mysterious-underwater-crop-circle-art-discovered-off-the-coast-of-japan/ … third time through Lemony Snicket … met expectations

Lighting up your living room … mostly awake … jinx you owe me a soda … commercializing the pledge of allegiance … for the Republicans for which they scam … coke Santa … every word was made … vignette, I guess … a congress of snakes … www.buzzfeed.com—54-more-bizarre-names-for-groups-of-animals <http://www.buzzfeed.com/fjelstud/54-more-bizarre-names-for-groups-of-animals> … an implausibility of gnus … ottomine … ursine rant … what’s that about, assh*le … a giggle of girls … a scowl of teenagers … nonplussed … fazed to the max … ruffled fatally … people in glass houses … www.cracked.com—article_15664_9-words-that-dont-mean-what-you-think.html <http://www.cracked.com/article_15664_9-words-that-dont-mean-what-you-think.html> … dickery … Athena and Minerva … no room for a brain … are you a mouse … feather to owl ratio … eating skunk … weekly pick: reddit.com … efficient mob mentality … weekly pick: spell tower app… add-a-letter-game … build a story … weekly pick: Revolution … hot woman with bow … they’re going to die and break your heart … ossify in its original purpose … weekly pick: Greenbay Packers … embarrassment of football players

Mandates for local landlines ... congressional races turning to the democrats ... Carville Rove debate ... caricatures of the right and left ... principled politicians ... tax code and equality of opportunity ... invisible hand works ... vigilance in defending our system ... 7 steps to saving the world ... eliminate human aggression ... half a squirrel is better than none ... weekly pick: gephi open source network analysis program with netviz ... using netviz to analyze your Facebook  ... WWII Resistance data: www.cam.cornell.edu—research.php <http://www.cam.cornell.edu/~gfriend/research.php> ... weekly pick: book Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings ... war is bad. really bad. ... find a mine, go to heaven ... weekly pick:  book It's Your Ship: Management Technique from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Michael Abrashoff as an example of fine leadership ... fourguysmail@gmail.com

Video is a fad … expensive pencil reproduction … the man in the box … steampunk Newton … imaginary arms … looking up TPK … no apparent effect … no effect if helmed … dirtfarming … kriegspiel and bughouse … more tactical vs. strategic … grueling bicycling … a good yardstick … 4 x 30 second interval training … a deprovement … stairmaster level one million … the weakest link … punctuated by moments of terror … men in yoghurt ads … truckstop slow food … getting into yoghurt sex … asparagus ice cream … ice cream side dish … heritage turkeys … something against big b****ted whites … Precious Little … 2nd prenatal test … The Moth … Sleepwalk With Me … What happened to the Tivo … anti-pick: James Gleick, “The Information” … weekly pick: Direct TV … BBC America … weekly pick: Burn Notice … sliced bread isn’t that great … Christwire … Poe’s law … McGivery homebrew … elotes … weekly pick: Evgney Morozov, “The Net Delusion” … the Internet and the Arab Spring … weekly pick: Lois Bujold, “The Curse of Chalion” … Tales of Alvin Maker

4 at once and everything … relive the horror … can she cut my hair? … where’s the undo button … slaves to hair care … you want working gauges? … hats! … all maps, no hats … bottom of the sample … death, not so much … cross-exam your doctor … Dr. Knott’s mistakes … Ready Player One nerdgasm … War Games programmer … 50MT hydrogen bomb … weekly pick: Steven Pinker, Better Angels of our Nature … meeting Jeni! … roundtable … Pinker shortcuts … a lot-of-rain delay … more complicated … why politicians need to lie … stomping on my turf … crapping all over my pick … weekly pick: gigaom.com … weekly pick: pecha kucha … find out about them before their dead … weekly pick: The Artist