Love and Madness

Slaying the Hydra

People who control other people.  Reptilians and racist people.  Why do people pick on the Jews?  Jonelle’s dad was a Renaissance man.  Scott talks about slaying the Hydra.  Jonelle talks about her grandparents.  They talk about the Bikram yoga documentary.

The wrong way to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Scott and Jonelle discuss CSI, forensic files, the difference in British and American sci fi shows.  Problems and lessons at work and home.  The wrong way to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

The cult of Jonelle?

But first… Pickens flea market and Alien tchotchkes and Dragoncon.  What is BJ trying to say? …. And then…. Jonelle is a cult leader?  And we discuss Voyager, war, feminists, and abortion and other random stuff.  Enjoy!

The Cult of Happiness and Random Asshole Memory

The cult of happiness… be real and authentic…creating your own luck…. Allowing yourself to have a bad day.  Discussing the movie CATS  and other funny reviews of things.  
Being a widow in your 40s.  being stuck in life… dealing with new relationships after loss… being leaned upon as a wise woman too much.  How being appreciated mean so much!  Raising functional adults.  Life is not a zero sum game.  Random Asshole Memory….  And circling the toilet.  Oversensitive people…and the end of the world!!!!

It’s a NEW YEAR!!!

Scott and Jonelle discuss the Octomom… Scott talks about his feelings about his divorce…. those who have past.. they discuss Scott’s book.  Jonelle talks about work.  Moving energy… Hinduism, Kundalini and Christianity.
 

The Breakfast Club at 40...aka...The Family you choose

This extra special episode features the return of Candace and two newbies to the podcast, Billie (BJ) and Chris!  There is really no good way to sum this one up, so a list of topics is below.  T
We discuss craziness at Costco, true crime,… baby names and accents…. bucket height (ew)…. Good days ahead…after school specials…. Saturday morning cartoons… growing up southern stories… hoarding…shopping with Candace…. Living with empathic people…. Loving with detachment…and owning your own happiness…Understanding your parents are people too... and some other therapy stuff.... 

Tales of Dragoncon, Ken and Mindspring

Scott and Jonelle sit down with friends Ruth and Chip to tell memories and stories about their friendship with Ken, Dragoncon, being married for over 20 years and Mindspring.  This one is dedicated to Kenneth Ratliff, who would have been 43 today.

Tom Hanks doesn’t answer prayers.

Scott and Jonelle's take on the climate change debate…. We discuss our adventure in an Escape Room….   And the disturbing Prince Andrew interview

Episode 9. Aftermath of remembering something you blocked

Follow up on Scott’s memory returning.  How Scott is handling a part returning.  Funny stories of our childhood.  Things we like and don’t like about Facebook.  We review the movie Mazes and Monsters from the 80s.

Episode 8 “This is going to make a great chapter in my memoir”

Cult of the month club.  How we remember things differently.  Cult leaders.  Atheists.  Spirituality.  Teal Swan   How to be a cult leader.  Jonelle and the cult… and the pedophile… and Scott remembers something new…. When dolphins cry..  the stages of grief… “This is going to make a great chapter in my memoir”