46: Some Form of Ballast

Published: Feb. 23, 2017, 7:45 a.m.

This week, things open with a shockingly thorough discussion of chickens that somehow pivots to Costco caskets, TV buying decisions, Merlin's increasingly strange pronunciations, and John\u2019s reluctant agreement to become a cron job. \n\nFollow-up covers John finding those charts about global living conditions and Merlin finally figuring out how to remember the name of that one song. \n\nThere's a fair amount of memory talk, including more explorations of John's perpetual memory doubts and mistrust, plus, Merlin introduces another one of his \u201crunx\u201d files. \n\nMain topic this week is ***Valentine\u2019s Day***. Why Merlin hates it, and why John thinks it has its purposes. Why is tonight\u2019s Holy Day of Obligation different from all others, and why exactly did John have a mat?\n\n(_Recorded on Tuesday, February 14, 2017_)