• Welcome special guest Aaron from The Big Show
• New Media Expo karaoke with Aaron
• News: Frank’s little car mishap, pint-sized podcasting, my sister the mixologist, late night drink-making advice, Battlestar Galactica, hot tub cover road trip, riding atop the giant truck
• Aaron lives his George Michael dream
• Tech Talk: Firefox 3 and consequences, NetFlix profile changes, explaining HD tech to kids, kibitzing about the new iPhone, Wozniak jailbreaks Kathy Griffin’s iPhone
• Poli-tainment: Rachel Maddow on the TV, Scott McClellan’s mom, Austin’s liberal tradition(?), giant stadiums and huge parades, reviewing McClellan’s audiobook performance, the impotent congressional investigation process

Link-O-Rama: The Big Show, HD Podcast, A Geek & His Wife, Borderline, Life of Spaguy’s Wife, FoxMarks, FireAnt, ScribeFire, Buzz Out Loud, HD Coloring Book for Kids, Touch Bar, TuneWiki

• Show opening breakdown
• Partying in the wading pool, inviting nice people to dinner, mixing drinks like a grownup, easy people, pie and ice cream, shilling for Marie Calendars pies
• Family reunioning: youngest among my cousins, tea totling Baptists watch us drink beer, looking at the photo albums, thinking about trading old pictures
• “Tinky” hates me, but loves the catnip sock
• Father’s Day family fun, when IS Father’s Day, anyhow?
• Summer travel plans: hot times in New Orleans and Vegas
• Project Terror
• Feedback City

Link-O-Rama: My Flickr pictures, Tastes Like Burning, Barely Podcasting, Redboy Podcast, For Whatever Reason

• Studio is hawt
• Democratic Convention fun: Unity pub crawling, feelin the Obama luv, drunk guy types, Shelly considers going gay, delegate election results, primo seats on the floor, Chelsea Clinton, Obama surogate guy
• Project Terror
• Bar Talk: whiskey sour
• Feedback City

Ace reporter Frank

Link-O-Rama: Road to Denver, Road to Denver, Tastes Like Burning, Life of Spaguy’s Wife, For Whatever Reason

First of all, I apologize for the audio on this week’s show. I neglected to ride one level setting. Special guest Frank joins the fun.

• Do what the Europeans do
• Preparing for the Democratic Convention
• Waiting for the Memorial Day rains that never came
• ice cream and playtime with the kids, explaining Memorial Day to 5-year olds, old Shelly pummeled again
• Storm damage: hail, hail, fire and snow?, tree parts, bulky brushy collectibles
• iPod addiction: Frank discovers audiobooks, and Lord of the Rings on CD, back in the day
• Project Terror
• Feedback City: Smarty Pants, ego surfing, body guarding Frank, more drunk guy, popcorn, hackberries, and cat video

Link-O-Rama: Road to Denver, SharePoints, For Whatever Reason, Barely Podcasting, From This to That, Dave’s kitty video