Turning This Car Around

Just remember, no podcast starts weirder than this one. That's our promise to you, the listener. But on this episode we talk about theme park vacations. Which are crazy expensive. Let's just be clear about that. For California Disneyland, Jon recommends the Hyatt Regency. When visiting Universal Florida, stay at the Loews Protofino Bay Hotel because the Expresspass is included in the price. When going to Disneyworld, Moltz recommends the Magicpass wristband for convenience. Lex uses the AllEars...

This week we continue talking about going back to school. And, because "car" is in the name of this podcast, we finally get around to talking about cars. Turns out Jalopnik is a car site, according to Jon. While waiting for his school to start, Lex's son asked 10 times a day if he could play Just Dance. Not related to getting to school, Jon talks about his recent trip to Universal Orlando and gives some important tips. We'll be talking more about this next week...

It's back to school time! Congratulations, parents, you made it! Aaaaaand, sorry, kids. So sorry. (Not really.) For the etymology of the name Ruth's Chris Steakhouse you can check the Wikipedia page. That has not much to do with going back to school. Like you're surprised about that. But we do talk about how much we're looking forward to helping our kids with homework (not at all). And then we get really judgmental about home schooling. Even though we're all thinking about it at least a little...

It's technically still summer over here in podcast land, so that means we will be continuing the lack of formal show notes and instead share potential episode titles: No Infringement Intended You Have Skipped The Astral Plane What Are Your Feelings About Shacks? Not Doing So Hot In The Marriage Area I Don't Think My Inlaws Have A Brian Experience They're Very Much Opposed To Brian Super Into the Grandkids The Faces in the Rock Thing Are You the Parent or the Grandparent? It Was All About My...

Again with the absent show notes writer? Yes, again. Please enjoy these alternative titles for this episode: There's Our Title Wasn't That Bad I Have Deep Feelings The Whole Thing Is So Stupid Guess What, Bitches?! Need-to-Know Basis of Excitement Bros Before.....

This week, our usual show notes writer is away on retreat...

To get things rolling, Lex talks about his lunch from GrubHub and then we all agree that our fathers were Nordicktrack users. Jon denies the rumors that his daughter is in a doom metal band. No, in fact she's into Taylor Swift. None of our kids have Bieber fever. Thank god. Jon has been getting his girls into Daft Punk while Lex is working the Weird Al angle. Moltz can't remember the name of the album his son liked as a kid but it was Dog Train. Now he's glad he's into Jonathan Coulton...

This week we talk about what you save for your kids. First, though, it's summer and Moltz's kid loves him some wave pool. Here's what Lex's pool looks like. You're welcome at his house any time. After a story Lex tells later, though, you might think twice about it. Jon's dad left him a Bicentennial train set. Lex's son plays with Brio, but he doesn't consider that something he would leave as a legacy. Although, they're pretty crazy about it, a legacy train set needs a dangerous transformer...

This week we talk about Father's Day. Moltz got some nice glasses that look a bit like these. As far as things to go into fancy glasses, Jon recommends Maker's Mark or Bulleit for everyday bourbon drinking. For the good stuff, try Pappy Van Winkle or Widow Jane. Moltz likes Four Roses. This is a podcast about fatherhood, remember. If you're in Tacoma, get your meats at Dave's Meat & Produce...

This week we talk about gear again, because there's a lot of territory to cover. We may do it again next week. If you haven't seen The Rockford Files, well, you should. That's not gear-related, though, unless answering machines count. If you love your child and want to prepare them for the police state, get yourself a video baby monitor...