There is no big blog post today, since today’s podcast episode has no main topic, and we pretty much Siri’d whatever questions we came up with in the course of our catching up. We celebrate successfully recording face-to-face for the first time in over a month…while social distancing. California weather has changed (Friday was DRASTIC with 100 degree temps!) and we both wanted to hang out in Kym’s front yard and decided to record while doing it. Thankfully the early morning hours on Saturday were filled with lovely (and comfortable) sunshine, birds, lizards, dogs barking in the distance, occasional tractor noises, and one fiancé’s vurrrry loud music as he drove away. We maintained safe distancing during the recording, and because we were so excited to catch up, we continued to chat for a few more hours after breaking down the equipment. Kym sat in one shady spot, Kris in the other, both happy as clams. Join us as we revel in our friendship, bitch about Covidiocy, and laugh over our latest obsession: TikTok. Especially Leslie Jordan on TikTok. Oh, and that savage Tiger King.
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Are you bored in the house? Are you in the house bored? (thank you Tyga X Curtis Roach) Need a new hobby on the cheap? Want a fresh perspective on that old box of Chutes and Ladders? Today Kym drops some clues on inexpensive hobbies and Kris has trivia about board-games, jigsaw and crossword puzzles. Because singing a song about useless game knowledge on your guitar you just learned to play goes a long way with breaking the ice at your next Zoom par-tay! WHOOP WHOOP! BOARD IN THE HOUSE!
Kym kicks things off with some great ideas for keeping your mind and body busy (Kris has not broken the couch/tv habit yet, but there is always room for hope). There’s always meditation and yoga, yah yah….but what about baking amazing bread? Go ahead and learn. Your jeans will thank you for giving them time off to pay more attention to your sweatpants. (You might want to channel your inner Great British Baking Show contestant Val, who always got her cardio in whilst whisking, so getting back into your jeans won’t take so long).
When was the last time you read a book? You don’t have to have an actual paper book, there’s always Kindle and iBooks, and if you’re broke – like the over 22 million other people in America on unemployment – you can “borrow” a digital book from your local library.
If reading ain’t your thing, how about starting an herb or succulent garden? No room? No problem…even apartment dwellers can have a tiny box garden to help spice up all those amazing meals they’re learning to cook via YouTube and TikTok. Speaking of, so you think you can dance? Go toe to toe with the rest of the world in 60 seconds or less with the latest TikTok dance craze.
Other ideas include candlemaking, writing, poetry, learn to crochet or knit, and learning calligraphy. And there’s always learning how to pick a lock. We’re just saying, use your newfound power for good.
Kris then gets into her portion of the episode, talking about the greatest American pastime: Crossword puzzles!!! YEAH! Baseball what? That’s right. Live life on the edge, do your puzzle with a pen. Boom. Cruciverbalists can thank Liverpool native Arthur Wayne who immigrated to America, and worked for the New York World as the editor for the “Fun” section of the paper. In 1913, for the Christmas edition, he spiced up the page with a new puzzle: a diamond shaped grid with the word FUN across the top to start readers off. The readers loved it and the rest is, as you know, history.
First crossword puzzle that appeared in the New York World paper Christmas, 1913. Created by Arthur Wayne. Photo from Wikipedia, public domain.
Moving on to more insanely fun and interesting history trivia, yeah, it’s all about jigsaw puzzles! We’ll wait while you catch your breath. It’s ok. We know. It’s almost too much to bear. Anyway, these puzzles have a longer history than our dear crosswords, having been around since the 18th century. Apparently cartographer John Spilsbury thought it would be a grand idea to whip out his hatchet, chop a wooden map into bits, and then ask friends to put the pieces back together. That must have been an amazing party.
Kris rounds off this episode of majestic trivia with a (truly) fun list of facts about popular board games Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, and Scrabble. For instance…do you know the name of the crook in Monopoly jail or the cop who put him there? Does Mr. Monopoly (not his first name, btw) actually wear a monocle? Do you know the origins of Chutes and Ladders were actually to teach karmic lessons? Yep, your 5 year old is playing a game meant to teach the difference between virtues like Faith or Kindness apart from evil behavior like Theft and Drunkeness. It’s the ol’ desire and destiny playbook for today’s recess boys and girls. Go ahead and read them the origin story of Cinderella for good measure. While the littles are napping and you nip out to buy more boxed wine, just mutter “MUZJIKS” (thank you Scrabble) in a bad Russian accent at people. Don’t forget to sneer. That should keep everyone 6 feet away at all times.
To read the articles we discuss, as well as other information we bring up in the episode, please check out the following links:
Quarantine 12 (11? 13? We can’t count them all) by Kym:
Oh the humanity! Read about how to be naughty with friends online (NOT porn. Tsk. How dare you. We never…. GASP. Faint.) Cards Against Humanity online.
You Say SATOR I Say RASTOR: Details on that cool little 5 word/25 letter palindrome can be found right here.
Game on! For all things Hasbro, including the games we mention above, go here.
X’s and O’s. For the December 2019 Smithsonian Magazine article by Deb Amien, please read How the Crossword Became an American Pastime. And now you know forever more pastime is not spelled with two t’s. The things you learn on the internet. My word. (See what we did there. That’s slap-your-knee HIIIIIIII-larious that is).
Pick Up the Pieces. To piece together the intricate history of the jigsaw puzzle (we’re beside ourselves with amazement at our ability to pun. We are also exceptionally tired), please read this June 2015 article at thegamewhiz.com: Interesting Facts About the Jigsaw Puzzle
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We bring you some good news from the goodnewsnetwork.org because this entire world needs some lifting up right now. We also talk a little more about some fun days to celebrate this fine, lovely second week of April. And Kym talks about sifting through owl poop and finding rat teeth. Read all those sentences again. Vurrrrry slowly. One is not like the others. It’s what we do.
Yep, Kym is BACK! Still by phone only, which is the new norm of course. We do a little catch-up, talking about the latest state of the union – NAY, the world – because we’re not sure there’s anyone actually on the planet having a conversation that has 100% nothing to do with coronavirus self-sheltering life. Well, come to think of it, we’ve heard of some people… thems that got no t.v.., radio, internet, phone, – living so far removed from technology and “civilization” and literally not even knowing we’re out here flailing around with bandana masks and hair-coloring kit gloves, losing our collective minds. Not gonna lie…we’re a hint of jealous. Anyway, the rest of us, we’re just over here talking about life on lockdown these last hmmmphsssaaahhy days (we don’t know anymore….21? 53? 1,203,290,932?).
So, to set the scene: We’re talking, catching up before getting into the topic – just chatting about working from home (or occasionally having to go into the office), Kym’s ongoing ordeal with tying up the loose ends from her dad’s passing, rainy April weather, the million+ mark in CV19 cases, Chris Cuomo’s tooth-breaking covid chills, nature-watching, recovery meeting hackers, celebrities entertaining us, a**holes billionaires quarantined on their yachts, ginger sun-basking, binge-watching Time Team, teen-agers in quarantine, Dog TV on DirecTV, Micheal Rapaport cussing out the parents of the world, and…Kym’s “collection of owl poop.”
Yes, in episode 90 you will hear Kym launch the most stellar detour in the history of The Mugly Truth Podcast detours. Deeeeeerailed. We said bye to the road. Hurtled down that brushy path. Flew into the woods. Straight over the cliff. She slid that comment in slicker than…owl s**t.
Yeah. We know what you ate last night. Photo by Jean van der Meulen on Pexels.com
And just as easily we got back on track and down to business. Because it’s what we do. It’s why our listeners love us. All five of you. Thank you from the bottom of our owl-crap-sifting hearts.
For links we mention in the episode, check out this list below:
To Mask or Not To Mask. For information about wearing masks outside in California, go here.
That News Source Place. Oh, Kris. THIS is what Reuters is.
Oh April, You Fool. For the list of really fun days you can observe in April, check out Kai Church’s article April – Special Days of the Year at thefactsite.com
That Makes No Cents. Yeah, it really does cost more to make a penny (and apparently a nickel, dime and quarter) than it’s worth. So sayeth the numismatics at coinnews.net as of 2018.
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We are – like the entire world – trying to adjust to this temporary “new normal.” On top of that, Kym is still coping with taking care of business in the aftermath of her father’s passing. So, today’s episode is a bit different…Kym was unable to record this weekend, but we both felt it was important to maintain our episode schedule so today’s show is co-hosted by Kris’ 15 year old daughter Hayley. Kris and Hayley have a candid discussion about what it has been like as a family under quarantine. Oh, and we’re very aware there are a LOT of “likes” throughout the entire show. And the teenager isn’t the only one to blame. We’re, like, sorry you know?
So if you’re in quarantine, especially with kids (especially teenagers!) today’s episode might be helpful, we definitely hope it entertains. We are also hoping Kym will be back on next week. If not, we’ll see who will co-host next!
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
Anyone Out There – Duran Duran
Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing – Chris Isaak
Baby Hold On – Eddie Money
Be Good To Yourself – Journey
Bedroom Toys – Duran Duran
Black Coffee in Bed – The Squeeze
Breathless – Jerry Lee Lewis
Burnin’ For You – Blue Oyster Cult
Burnin’ Up – Jonas Brothers
Call Me – Blondie
Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
Carry On – Fun.
Clampdown – The Clash
Controversy – Prince
Cough Syrup – Young the Giant
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues – Buddy Guy
Days Go By – Keith Urban
Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo
Dirty Old Town – The Dubliners or The Pogues
Disconnected – Beat Union
Distance – Christina Perri
Do It Clean – Echo and the Bunnymen
Doctor! Doctor! – Thompson Twins
Don’t – Ed Sheehan
Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
Don’t Stand So Close to Me – The Police
Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds
Don’t You Kiss My Cheek – Jools Holland
Down With the Sickness – Disturbed
Drop It Like It’s Hot – Snoop Dogg
Eat It – Weird Al Yankovic
Evacuate the Dancefloor – Cascada
Every Breath You Take – The Police
F**k You, That’s Why– Smut Peddlers
Fabulously Lazy – Franz Ferdinand
Fear (of the Unknown) – Siouxie and the Banshees
Fever – Peggy Lee
Fighter – Christina Aguilera
Ghost Town – The Specials
Girl on Fire – Alicia Keyes
Glorious – Skylar Grey
Gonna Buy Me a Dog – The Monkees
Goodbye To You – Scandal
Got The Time – Anthrax
Hell of a Season – The Black Keys
Highway to Hell – AC/DC
Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles or Melanie Martinez
Hush/I’m Alive – Blue Swede
I Ain’t Got Nobody – Bessie Smith
I Don’t Wanna Be an A**hole Anymore – The Menzingers
I Feel Fine – Beatles
I Think We’re Alone Now – Tiffany
I Walk Alone – Marty Robbins
I Wanna be Free – The Monkees
I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow or Cody Simpson
I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
I Won’t Stand In Your Way – Stay Cats
I’m Stuck In A Condo (With Marlon Brando) – The Dickies
If I Ever Leave This World Alive – Flogging Molly
In My Head – T.S.O.L.
In Summer – Josh Gad
Institutionalized – Suicidal Tendencies
It’s Everything but Partytime – The Go-Go’s
It’s the End of the World as We Know It – R.E.M.
Just Keep Walking – INXS
Keeping the Faith – Billy Joel
Kick Out the Epic Motherf**ker – Dada Life
Kick Out the Jams – MC5
Killing Time – Joss Stone
Kissing a Fool – Michael Buble
Lean On Me – Bill Withers
Let’s Go Crazy – Prince and the Revolution
Lifeline – Spandau Ballet
Listen to the Man – George Ezra
Lonesome Town – The Cramps or Ricky Nelson
Lovesick – Lonesome Spurs
Madness – Muse
Minute by Minute – The Doobie Brothers
Misery – The Beatles
Move Along – The All American Rejects
Move It On Over – George Thorogood
Out of Touch – Daryl Hall and John Oates
Outside – Foo Fighters
Over the Hills and Far Away – Led Zeppelin
Paranoid – Jonas Brothers
Party Out Of Bounds – B52s
People Are Strange – Echo and the Bunnymen or The Doors
People That Are Going To Hell – The Vandals
Put Your Records On – Corrine Bailey Rae
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
Rise – Katy Perry
Rise Up – Andra Day
Rise Up – Imagine Dragons
Roamin’ House Boogie – Cab Calloway
Roaring 20s – Panic! At the Disco
Run Devil Run – Jenny Lewis
Save Myself – Ed Sheeran
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) – Journey
Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
Shelter – Duran Duran
Shiver – Maroon 5
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
Solitary Confinement – The Dickies
Stand and Deliver – Adam and the Ants
Stay – Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs
Stayin’ Alive – BeeGees
Stop the World – Demi Lovato
Straighten Up and Fly Right – The Andrew Sisters
Strength – The Alarm
Stronger – Jennette McCurdy
Surrender – Elvis Presley
Swift Silent Deadly – Tiger Army
Take My Breath Away – Berlin
Taken Care of Business – George Thorogood
Temperature – Sean Paul
Tempted – The Squeeze
That’s the Way of the World – Earth, Wind and Fire
The Best of Times – Styx
The Champion – Ludacris
The Climb – Miley Cyrus
The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
The Kids Aren’t Alright – Fall Out Boy
The Odd Couple – The Adicts
Things Can Only Get Better – Howard Johnson
Til I Collapse – Eminem feat. Nate Dogg
Time Bomb – Rancid
Time of Our Lives – Pitbull and Ne-Yo
Times Like These – Foo Fighters
Too Close – Alex Clare
Tribal Connection – Gogol Bordello
TV Party – Black Flag
Unbelievers – Vampire Weekend
Under Pressure – David Bowie and Queen
Uptight (Everything’s Alright) – Steve Wonder
Wake Me Up – Avicii
Wake Me Up When September Comes – Green Day
Wake Up Alone – Amy Winehouse
Walk – Foo Fighters
Walk Away – Kelly Clarkson
Walkin’ After Midnight – Patsy Cline
Warriors – Imagine Dragons
Wash My Hands – The Young Dubliners
We Are Not Alone – Karla DeVito
We Gonna Make Everything Alright – John Lee Hooker
We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn
Welcome to the Jungle – Guns ‘n’ Roses
What’s Behind the Mask – The Cramps
Why Can’t You Behave – Ella Fitzgerald
Wicked World – Osaka Popstar
Wishy Washy – INXS
Work From Home – Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign
Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus
You Ain’t Alone – Alabama Shakes
You Be Illin’ – Run DMC
You Oughta Know – Alanis Morisette
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