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COL141: Food Coma

Tim and Jeff are on their own again now that Thanksgiving is over.  They discuss the Thanksgiving to Christmas transition, the UN declaring sexual orientation not a protected group, the end of DADT is in site, and Civil Unions in Illinois.

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WTP Pick

  • Weight Watchers PointsPlus Calculator App for Android – Tim

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COL140: Gobble it up!

It’s Turkey time here in the States, and Jeff and Tim are on their own and talking about what their plans and memories of Thanksgiving so. And WTF!? What’s with all this Christmas music and decoration?

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  • We still want more ideas sent to thegriff@cubsoutloud.com.

Topics:

  • Favorite / Least Favorite Thanksgiving foods
  • Stuffing or dressing?

WTP:

  • Christmas music and/or decorations up on or before Thanksgiving – Tim
  • Black Friday – Jeff

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COL139: Historic Posers

Tim and Griff address the idea of online vs. interpersonal relationships as Jeff talks about the various guilds he’s fond of in WoW.  We blast corporate America for their views on media ownership and streaming rights while describing Tim’s perfect pasta pairing!

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  • We got a few people send in topic ideas, thank you.  The plan is to review the ideas and schedule future shows around those topics that make sense.  We still want more ideas sent to thegriff@cubsoutloud.com.
Topics:
  • Is online sucking the life out of interpersonal relationships – ChiDiver
WTP:
  • Picking up before the cleaning crew arrives – Tim
  • Tim’s having a cleaning lady, mega or not – Griff
  • SO BUSY! – Griff
  • Business trip smack dab in the middle of the holidays – Griff
  • Where’s my IOS 4.2?! – Griff
  • Networks restricting online content – Griff

WTP Pick

  • The Beatles on iTunes Not Amazon?!- Jeff

Picks:

  • Homemade pasta sauce – Tim
  • MetroTwit – Jeff
  • Boxee Box (in about a month) – Griff
  • Playon Media Server – Griff
  • Undercover Boss – Griff

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COL138: It’s Really Not That Hard

A short edition finds us pleading for some topic suggestions as all we have to talk about are the recent elections and some mysterious changes coming to Weight Watchers.

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Topics:

  • ARGH! We have no topics!
  • WW Change is a comin’.
  • Gays win seats in this election, lose agenda.
  • Providence mayor wins House seat
  • MD now has 7 gay members of the state legislature.
  • DC is the nation’s gayest region, MA tops for lesbians.

WTP:

  • Spaghetti Squash for $4 and change! – Tim
  • WW on November 28th – Tim
  • Griff’s Pick – Tim
  • My mic is finally working! – Griff
  • CNN’s coverage of the election – Griff

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  • Republicans take over the house – Griff
  • Keith Olbermann gets suspended – Griff

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COL137: Woofy at Any Weight

This week an especially spooky Cubs Out Loud w/ special guest TMBF John!  We discuss his efforts with weight loss and all of our experiences with the Weight Watchers program.
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Topics:
  • Bears on Weight Watchers
WTP:
  • Moving house – Tim

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