Creative Success = Financial Balance with Flexible Budget Plans As a creative individual, dealing with irregular income can be daunting. In this episode of From "Creative Passion To Profit", titled "How Creatives Can Budget for Regular Income," I, Mahmood, tackle one of the biggest challenges faced by those in the arts and creative world—budgeting. Have you ever felt the high of being fully booked and having commissions flying off the shelves, only to be met with silence and income droughts the following month? You're not alone. But here's the good news: with a little planning, you can smooth out those financial ups and downs. In this episode, I'll share three simple steps to help you build a budgeting system that fits your lifestyle and supports your creative ambitions. You'll learn how to determine your essential baseline expenses, create a financial buffer for quiet months, and implement a flexible yet simple budgeting method that allows you to thrive creatively and financially. You'll also have some homework tasks... Timestamped Summary: [00:00:00] Introduction to challenges of budgeting with erratic income. [00:00:58] Step 1: Determine your baseline expenses. [00:02:12] Step 2: Build a financial buffer for quieter months. [00:03:46] Step 3: Apply a simple, discipline-based budget system. [00:04:58] Homework: Calculate baseline expenses and track income. Mentioned in this episode: Training Training Training Find out more about Budgetwhizz Find out more about Budgetwhizz Budgetwhizz…
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I Haven't Had Many Dates In My Life. But I've Had Plenty Of Women And I'm Not Entirely Sure How. Where Should One Go On A Date And How Much Money Should One Expect To Spend. I Didn't Go To Prom Thereby Ruining Myself Altogether As Far As My Future Romantic Endeavors. My High School Career Was Unsettling. Chinese Food Is Difficult To Identify. Why C…
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HAVE YOU EVER SAT ON A WARM TOILET SEAT.
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59:01Don't Give Me Cardinal Directions. I Don't Know What It Means. Everyone Now Has Friends They've Never Met. Which Is Nonsensical. The People Whom You Haven't Yet Met Are Strangers. They Are Not Friends. Life On Other Planets? Who Cares. I Tried Calculating Something Having To Do With The Speed Of Light. Please Ignore. What Are Life Forms Exactly? No…
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IS YOUR WIFE NICE TO YOU?
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1:00:09I Want My Wife And I To Stay Together, She Doesn't. I Don't Quite Know Why. She's Very Neat Though. Is It Wholly Unreasonable To Want A Few Words Of Encouragement Every Now And Again. The Acceptance Of Men Expressing Their Feelings Has Yet To Become A Thing. Feeling Good About Oneself Is A Superpower. Why Are Men Required To Be Ok Without Being Ack…
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MY DATE WITH ANNE HATHAWAY
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56:59Okay So It Wasn't Actually A Date Date. But We Did Have A Pretty Good Time Doing Our Scene Together In Her Record Breaking Film "The Idea Of You". She Was Smart, Warm, Personable, And Very Very Pretty. She Has Great Teeth Too. I'm Pretty Sure We Eye Kissed. So What Do I Do Now. Or Next. Or Ever.
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BEEF, BATTLES, AND GIGGLY BUBBLY
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30:05Hip Hop Beef Used To Be Cool I Guess But I Can't Get Into Beef Of Any Kind Any More. Even With My Wife. Are We In A Time Machine. 30 Years Ago Seems Like It Was Just A Few Years Ago. What Is Friendship. Unless You Somehow Forget About Your Friends' Existence You Should Contact Them Otherwise They Obviously Don't Mean Much To You. All Anyone Really …
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THE GRASS IS NEVER GREENER.
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41:30I Can't Figure Out How To Make Either Myself Or My Wife HAPPY. I'm Not Sure If I'm Lonely, But To Show And Share Your Emotions And Feelings Is An Act Of BRAVERY. Give Away All Your S.P.L.E.E.N.s. (Sparkling Pristine Love Emotion Energy Nuggets) Kindergarteners Are Pretty Cool Actually Mostly Because They Know That They Don't Know Anything. NY VS LA…
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LOVE YOURSELF. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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55:39Spiders Are Benign. Mostly. Roaches Are Something Else Altogether. Don't Feel 'Bad'. What Exactly Does Bad Mean Anyway. Packaging Gives Me Fits. I Wish She Were More Curious About Me And My Stuff. Dark Chocolate Over Milk Chocolate Every Day. Codependence Is Your Ruination.
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SILENCE, ENGLISH MUFFINS, AND COLD SHOWERS
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30:36Have You Ever Tried Silence. What Are Dreams. English Muffins Or Bagels. Cold Showers Work.
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In This Episode I Discuss The Competition Between MJ AND PRINCE During The 80's. I Also Talk A Little About Monkeys. I Don't Think I Like Monkeys. A Lot Of It Has To Do With Their Posture. A Little About Dhamma, Teachings Of The Buddha. Oh And Sardines Are Wonderful.
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What Exactly Constitutes Art. Is It Sneakers? Foil? Bricks? Crawling? Dirt? Made A List Of Stuff I Like. I Know Why We're All Traumatized. It's Mother Goose. Upon Further Inspection They're Replete With Death, Destruction, Gore, Murder, Sadism, Animal Cruelty, Ageism, Pain, Perversion, Poverty, And Absolute Pathos. Is It Too Late To Charge Mother G…
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I Shouldn't Be Afraid Of My Wife. Should I? Do Women Think Men Are Robots. Are We? Is It Ok For A Man To Feel Insecure And Needy. Or Wait, Is He Then A Woman? Maybe I Just Need A Hug. Or Something To Eat.
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How Much Water Can The Sky Possibly Create. Stomach Aches Are Explainable But Headaches? Weird. Pillows Don't Get The Credit They Deserve. Folks Are Proud Of Their Couch But Pillows Not So Much. 4 Goals I've Come Up With. I Guess I Need More Stuff. I Want To Be Of Service To Humanity But I Don't Want To Teach Kids Even Though It Creates Good Karma.…
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It's 6:21 PM And And I'm In Bed. Why Am I So Tired. 50 Straight Push Ups Is Good. The Art Of Not Being An Asshole. Today I Wanted To Be Tender With My Wife And Son. I Think I Succeeded. Even If She Didn't Notice. What Kind Of Word Is Squoze. On Trying To Mend My Relationship. I Might Be Beta. How To Change.…
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WHEN AM I GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
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1:00:07Allergies Are The Devil's Playground. Why Did No One Tell Me I Was On The Allergy Line. What Is Success. Is It A Feeling Or A Car. How Does Anyone Know Exactly What They Want. Who Decided Which Fruits Could Become Fruit Juice. Frozen Blueberries Are So Much Better. Pulp Free Orange Juice Is The Equivalent Of Non Chew Meat. Bananas Offer No Resistan…
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I TALK TO THINGS BUT THINGS DON'T LISTEN.
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1:00:00My Shoelaces. Spoons. The Faucet. Wind. Calendars. Lint. I Talk To All This Stuff. Too Many Things Are Being Documented And We Still Don't Believe Any Of It. What Is FOBLO. I Enjoy Being Left Out. I Don't Follow Anything Or Anybody. How I Fought Off Depression. Avoid The Heinous Cacophony Of Social Media. Is Jangle A Word? Buddhism Keeps Me Sane. I…
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I'M JUST DOING THE HOKEY POKEY.
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44:04What Exactly Is Cold Weather For? Dark Chocolate Over Milk Chocolate Every Day Of The Year. What's The Male Equivalent Of Stockings. Is Toe Cleavage A Thing. How Do Airplanes Collide On The Runway. Or In The Sky For That Matter. I Want To Stare More.Develop A Super Hero Alias. Now.
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WHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO TOE STUBBING.
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54:57Is There A Solution? Is Coffee Good Or Bad For You? Does Anyone Know Definitively? What Happened To Cookies? The Fig Newton Dilemma. I'll Never Click The Link In Your 'Bio'. My Desktop Is Clean Enough, Thank You. I'm Not Interested In Entertainment Because It's Not Entertaining.
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I Allowed Myself To Buy Myself Some New Boots And It Changed My Life. Kinda. Not Many Things Are Better Than Walking. I Need That Rust Sweater. I'm Not Good At Socializing But I Don't Know Why Because I'm Good At Socializing.You Can Change So Many Things About Yourself. Zazen Was Great Except For The Earthquake. But Even That Was Pretty Good.…
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KANGAROOS HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM.
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47:13Why Are Kangaroos So Aggressive. The Characters In Winnie The Pooh Deserve Better Names. The Cat In The Hat Staged A Home Invasion. Mother Goose VS Aesop's Fables. Hippopotamuses? Can We All Agree That Motorcycles Are Annoying? The Godfather.
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THE PERSISTENT FEELING THAT I'M DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
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54:10I Keep Thinking I'm Doing Something Wrong. Are Vegetables Trying To Kill Me? I Don't Drink Alcohol, Steal, Curse, Or Masturbate, And Yet I Must Be Doing Something Wrong. Do Children Worry? About What? I Noticed That My Head Was Tilted During The Google Meets Meeting. Maybe I Should See Barbie?
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I've No Idea What To Give My Attention To. So I Started To Become Delusional. On Purpose. But It's Difficult Because I'm Buddhist Now. Sigh. I Can't Even Delude Myself Anymore. I Wonder If I Can Fake My Delusion. But Would That Make Me Double Deluded? Fuck.
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FRENCH FRIES, SEMEN RETENTION, CHILDHOOD.
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59:52How Is It Possible That Good French Fries Aren't Ubiquitous. Semen Retention To Get Girls? What TF Is That. If That Isn't An Oxymoron What Is? Childhood Is Trauma Preparedness Training. Take Punishment For Example. Or Long Division.
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There's Never A Seat At Starbucks. It's Perplexingly Difficult To Untie My Sneaker Laces. ATM's Should Enforce A 5 Minute Time Limit. 8 Signs Of Deeply Unhappy Men. I've Got At Least 4. INFJ-A. Everyone Wants To Be "Unique". Be Uninteresting, That's Unique.
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WHAT'S YOUR MORNING ROUTINE.
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59:46Designer Stuff? For What? Thermals Are All You Need. And A Good Grey Suit Jacket. Hoodies Are Important. Colorful Socks Too. No Grown Man Wants To Be 'Thin'. Addiction Is Human. My Skeptical Wife. My Morning Routine. Cereal.
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I WANT MY WIFE TO LIKE ME MORE
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31:03My Wife Is A Mininalist. 10 Years Is A Long Time. Maybe That's Why She Doesn't Like Me So Much. Women Know Everything About You But You Know Nothing About Them. Even After 10 Years. Especially After 10 Years. Sex Is Wrestling. Sometimes It Hurts. Why Are Some Men Good In Bed And Others Aren't. What Could Be So Different.…
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TIL DEATH DO US PART? WHY.
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59:18Self Checkout Has Failed. They Didn't See That Coming? McRib? Automation Won't Work. On Relationships- The 3 Month Relationship Is Often The Best Relationship. I Was A Ghostbuster. Marriages Should Include A Ten Year Expiration Date With The Option To Extend.
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Snoring is an abomination. Birds Who Can't Fly Seem Like A Malapropism. That Darwin Came Up With Evolution On His Own Is Astounding. I Had An Interesting Night In Roppongi. What Should I Have Said To Her?
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SOCKS DESERVE MORE PROPS
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31:25Work At Home Culture Eludes Me. I've Got Too Many Other Things Going On At Home. How Can I Work There. How's Your Socks Collection Looking? Don't Play Yourself. Get Better Socks. Shirts Are A Bit Overrated. TEAMS Is The Bain Of My Existence. What's With Sociopathic Barbers Who Can Never Just Take A Little Off The Sides.…
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I WILL NEVER STOP EATING FRENCH FRIES. AND WHY IS RICE A RONI THE SAN FRANCISCO TREAT.
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46:46French Fries Are Pretty Much Perfect. Potato Chips, Almost. Chocolate Chip Cookies In Japan Not So Much. Why Does No One Admit That Chicken Is Virtually Tasteless And That It's All In The Texture. How Is It That Boxes Still Exist. The Post Office Is An Anachronism. Japan Doesn't Do Pizza Very Well.
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IS YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC DESTROYING YOU?
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53:48MUSIC IS LIKE THE WIND. It moves in mysterious ways. Lots of 'music' is soul poison. Is HIP HOP still hip hop? Are you LISTENING to the words? Or, worse, are you NOT listening. Whose voice are you hearing in your head? Yours, or someone else's? Can you tell the difference anymore? MUSIC IS THE MOST POWERFUL, and most insidious, art form. Clean your…
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THIEVES SHOULD BE PUNCHED IN THE FACE.
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57:44Hoodies In The Summer?Along With Whatever Legal Punishment That Exists For Thieves They Should Be Punched In The Face. Liars Too. Women Who Get BBL's Are Daredevils. Does Bow Wow Really Have A Jet? White People Are Paying Big Money To Look Like.. Black People.
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I DON'T LIKE BAD ANALOGIES - BUT I LOVE DINERS.
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42:14Seaside Heights Is 'Fun'. Salsa Just May Be The World's Best Music. I Wonder If There's Salsa In English. What's So Amusing About Amusement Parks? The Kettle Bell Craze Has Gone Far Enough. New Jersey Is Peculiar.
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CHEWING GUM IS THE DEVIL
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41:44There's nothing on earth with a lower ROI than chewing gum. French Fries Are Almost Perfection.What Is Ketchup Really?Chocolate Chip cookies however are God's snack. Shrimp, chicken wings, mayonnaise, and Peanut Butter fall somewhere in between.
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ARE YOU EATING? AGAIN? BE CAREFUL ABOUT OATMEAL.
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58:41Can You Ask A Person How You Smell? I Don't Think Eating 3 Times A Day Is All It's Cracked Up To Be. And Yes, Unfortunately Teenagers Are Smarter Than You. I Also Need New Sneakers. Recreational Marijuana Will Destroy Us All.
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THERE AREN'T ANY ALIENS
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50:19The Aliens would have opened amusement parks already. At least stores and restaurants. Right? Come on. Why do children hate their parents. We do everything for them. They'd be dead without us. But they hate us. Why. Notes before my impending Fame. Going to WaWa. Shitty beverage selection.
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Buddhism Is Better Than Other Religions Because There's No Singing
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Has Technology Destroyed Music? And Who Is Jack Harlow?
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17:02I just wanted to rant a little bit about the current state of music.
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Let's Talk About Pets. And The 'Meta' Verse.
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29:54Dogs Are Human. Sorta. Cats? They Seem like indifferent alien animals. What makes a good pet? Is Barbara A Good Name For A Cat? Don't Get Me Started On Turtles. Finally, Are You Prepared To Live In The Meta Verse? Where Is It? Can I Touch It? Weird.
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Even If Christmas Is A Pagan Ritual I Still Like it
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56:47What?! Christmas Isn't Actually About Santa Claus And Rudolph?? It's About Something Else? WHO CARES. Also, How Scuba Diving, Mountain Climbing, Sky Diving And Running With The Bulls are all exactly the same thing. Also, Why No Country Would Ever Be Dumb Enough To Invade America.
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Do Toys Still Exist?
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1:00:06Do Kids Still Want Toys? I Mean, Are Toys Over? Also, What's The Deal With Packaging? And, The Great Hot Air Balloon Adventure.
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Are Colonoscopies Really Necessary? And What's With Atlanta's Smoothie Industry?
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28:16Listen. Does Anyone Really Need A Colonoscopy? And For What? Isn't It A Bit Too Much? Speaking Of Which, Can I Get My Wisdom Teeth Back Please? What's With All The Poking, Probing, And Pulling? My God.
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The Curse Of Being A "Handsome" But Introspective And Slightly Socially Awkward Man-
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57:12When A Woman Is Beautiful And Knows She's Beautiful, She's A Beautiful Woman. What If You're A Man Whom Other People Say Is Handsome, But You Don't Believe It, And It Becomes A Handicap? Being Handsome Ain't All It's Cracked Up To Be.
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What Is A 'Lil Uzi Vert'? In This Episode I Discuss How An Artist's Name Affects His Image.
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49:01Lil Weezy. Lil Uzi. DaBaby. Lil Baby. And Young Thug. These Guys Are All Coming Over For Dinner. You Ready? Oh And Post Malone Too. So Why Do I Keep Having Dreams About 50 Cent?
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What Is So Special About Japanese Women, Part I
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1:00:16Besides my banal intro about bad haircuts, myself and my pal Japan Pimp get into a discussion on the various merits of Japanese Women.
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What Is So Special About Japanese Women? Part II
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59:22In This Second Part Of My Discussion With Japan Pimp We Get Into Details About Relationships With Japanese Women.
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Waffles, Pancakes, or French Toast? Chocolate Ice Cream Is Doo Doo, But. Chocolate Is Heaven..
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30:07There's an ongoing debate as to which is the best sweet breakfast food. I think I have the answer. I think. Where exactly does chocolate come from? Are there chocolate trees? Chocolate animals? WTF.
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Waffles, Pancakes, or French Toast? Prelude To My "America The ---------" Anthology series. It's going to be EPIC. Part I
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29:59Had a discussion recently revolving around FRENCH TOAST, which I'd thought was a universally loved thing. It's not. There are actually folks who don't like French Toast. Some folks even hate French Toast. How? Then there's CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM, which is radioactive waste as far as I'm concerned. I sing the praises of PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES. But no…
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Hobby Lobby, Shoes, and The Dorito Effect/Plus, how much time is enough time to spend with someone?
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50:26How much stuff do you need man? In this episode we ask ourselves how much stuff you can accumulate. We also discuss the Dorito Effect. How many Doritos can a person eat, and what might life be like if Doritos didn't exist.
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Opioid Amerikkka - White privilege, White tantrums, and the end of White 'power'.
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2:00:00White America is addicted to opioids and they're angry about it. Searching for scapegoats, they're suing pharmaceutical companies for making the drugs available to them, and suing Walmart for selling the drugs to them. West coast correspondent JapanPimp puts them on blast.
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