1. The Shoulderblade Is A Girl

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Lords:

• Jenni does stuff at http://www.jennipolodna.com/
• Jay worked on Hypnospace Outlaw. http://www.hypnospace.net/

Topics:

• 0:38 Jay is frustrated that he learned to play the ukulele rather than any other fretted instrument.
  • (I actually meant Super Mario Bros. 3 world 1. Here are the chords: 000x 0000 0002 0000 000x 0000 0002, then barre up to 222x, etc.)
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow ukulele cover by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I
• 11:16 Jenni attended a Stripper Karaoke performance. https://www.devilspointbar.com/stripparaoke
  • A dial tone is 350hz and 440hz, very close to F4 and A4.
• 19:26 Jim discovers how to make spaghetti edible.
  • The only evidence I could find that Japanese alphabet soup might exist: https://i.imgur.com/tDWu43P.png
• 22:44 There are no yeasty donuts in Germany, only cake donuts.
  • London cab drivers need to memorize the entire city: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/10/21/450235327/londons-cabbies-say-the-knowledge-is-better-than-uber-and-a-gps
• 31:02 Jenni discovers how to make chicken wings edible
  • Pad thai was standardized by the Thailand government as the official Thai dish for westerners: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3007657/history-pad-thai-how-stir-fried-noodle-dish-was-invented-thai
• 45:43 Jim talks about fixing a wet phone
  • TekDry possibly saved my phone: https://www.tekdry.com/
• 49:02 Jenni figures out how many peppers is too many peppers, but the jury is still out on how many is just enough.
  • The old process for measuring scoville was to dilute it until testers said "this isn't hot" and then report the dilutedness. Now they use science. https://www.thespruceeats.com/hot-chile-peppers-scoville-scale-1807552

Microtopics:

• Not remembering the name of your own show.
• Cursing oneself by learning the wrong skill.
• Looking like a huge lumberjack playing a tiny instrument.
• Enjoying music wrong.
• Never asking for advice because you know people will tell you it's a bad idea.
• The mythical non-portable ukulele.
• Confusing Prog Rock and Prague Rock.
• Punting a conversation to later because you can't brain right now.
• Off-season Cirque du Soleil performers normalizing strip club culture.
• Having just the right stripping outfit for someone's karaoke choice.
• Why singing for the Rock Band high score doesn't sound like good singing.
• Waking up your partner to join your loud video game.
• Calling your partner to ask to make a dial tone together.
• Everyone agreeing on the worst pasta shape.
• Getting into a spaghetti situation.
• Inventing short spaghetti.
• Earning your satiation with the gamer's pasta.
• Soup screaming at you if it doesn't like you.
• Figuring out how to type during a podcast.
• Donuts being slightly shiny to fool you.
• Germans presenting Americans with fake donuts to collect their tears.
• Swimming the English Channel in hopes that they have real donuts there.
• Memorizing every street in London because cab drivers aren't allowed to use Mapquest.
• Not feeling like any more of a monster than usual.
• Eating a taco above another taco to grow its powers.
• Taco Bell provocateurs rewriting history.
• Going to a sushi restaurant when you don't like fish.
• Insisting your wife only speak to you in German.
• Not learning the local language because watching Netflix is easier.
• Impressing people by setting the bar extremely low.
• Being the only adult at the kid's table.
• Dropping your phone in a freshwater vs. a saltwater toilet.
• Using magical beams to get the water out.
• Apologizing for your router.
• The clerk knowing you eat Hot Cheetos just by looking at you.
• Shaming customers into ordering the mild.
• Moving to a country where everyone else is as spice-intolerant as you are.
• Confusing being spicy and being spicy.
• Tactically voting each other off the podcast.