The Mundane Mid-Life Show http://www.reallans.com/blog/podcast/ A soundseeing tour of my boring, routine, workaday, unremarkable, everyday Mundane Mid-Life This audio podcast is a companion piece to my personal blog, My Mundane Mid-Life, which I've been writing since December of 2001. Consider it a "sound-seeing tour" (You know, like a sightseeing tour... only without your eyes, just using your ears) of things that happen in my life - the life of a late 40's IT Consultant, married (no kids), living in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois USA. Everyday is the same - it's all a boring, routine, workaday, unremarkable, everyday life. I write about it and then I take you along on some select trips to God-knows-where. Jam those earbuds into your ears as I drag you kicking and screaming through - My Mundane Mid-Life... en This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:20:02 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 1440 Mundane Michael No No Michael Lans Michael@RealLans.com TMMLS - Show #... ??? - January 23, 2008 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003342.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003342.shtml Podcast Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:20:02 -0600 00:01:11 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #... ??? - January 23, 2008 - Wait... where are the shows? A few of you have been asking... or at least thinking... "what's going on with the show? How come we haven't seen any updates recently at all... actually... for a few months (possibly)"

Well, it's because I had a catastrophic failure of a hard drive that contained a lot of the original recordings and material for this show... and it wasn't backed-up. I lost a lot of things.

I am trying to put together pieces of the shows that I have already recorded and trying to make-do with some other backup recordings that I have.

It's all going to "fill-in". You will see the shows slowly come on-line here.

In the meantime, I just ask for your patience, and I WILL get the shows back out again.

Thank you.

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Well, it's because I had a catastrophic failure of a hard drive that contained a lot of the original recordings and material for this show... and it wasn't backed-up. I lost a lot of things.

I am trying to put together pieces of the shows that I have already recorded and trying to make-do with some other backup recordings that I have.

It's all going to "fill-in". You will see the shows slowly come on-line here.

In the meantime, I just ask for your patience, and I WILL get the shows back out again.

Thank you.

]]> TMMLS - Show #41 - October 15, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003289.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003289.shtml Podcast Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:25:16 -0600 00:28:48 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #41 - October 15, 2007 - Baseball Season is over - Jim Thome's 500th What - more baseball? Yes... back at the park for Jim Thome's 500th homerun... and the end of the baseball season.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #40 - September 30, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003288.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003288.shtml Podcast Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:18:43 -0600 00:28:30 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #40 - September 30, 2007 - CSI: The Experience We become criminalists during a trip to Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to see (and participate in) a special traveling exhibit - CSI: The Experience.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #39 - September 16, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003287.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003287.shtml Podcast Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:12:17 -0600 00:25:28 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #39 - September 16, 2007 - Chicago White Sox Elvis Night We go back to the ballpark for a special night. It was... wait for it... ELVIS NIGHT

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]]> TMMLS - Show #38 - August 31, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003286.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003286.shtml Podcast Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:09:53 -0600 00:23:53 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #38 - August 31, 2007 - Severe Weather and Cicadas We scramble for cover at my office when severe weather blows through and we listen to "Cicada Song" as periodical cicadas swarm the Chicagoland area.

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]]> We scramble for cover at my office when severe weather blows through and we listen to "Cicada Song" as periodical cicadas swarm the Chicagoland area.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #37 - August 15, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003285.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003285.shtml Podcast Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:07:46 -0600 00:32:12 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #37 - August 15, 2007 - Wisconsin State Fair I take a short road trip "over the border" to Milwaukee to go to the Wisconsin State Fair. I walk around, listen to music, look at some vendors hawking their wares, pick up some World Famous Cream Puffs to go, and watch some cattle judging.

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]]> I take a short road trip "over the border" to Milwaukee to go to the Wisconsin State Fair. I walk around, listen to music, look at some vendors hawking their wares, pick up some World Famous Cream Puffs to go, and watch some cattle judging.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #36 - July 31, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003284.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003284.shtml Podcast Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:05:32 -0600 00:23:04 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #36 - July 31, 2007 - Kwik-E-Mart! Window washers go by my window at work, I use the self-service checkout line at a Jewel Food Store, and a surreal visit to a real, honest-to-goodness Kwik-E-Mart!!!

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  • Introduction
  • Window washers
  • Self Serve Checkout at a grocery store
  • Visiting an honest-to-goodness Kwik-E-Mart!

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  • Introduction
  • Window washers
  • Self Serve Checkout at a grocery store
  • Visiting an honest-to-goodness Kwik-E-Mart!

]]> TMMLS - Show #35 - July 15, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003283.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003283.shtml Podcast Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:03:34 -0600 00:34:03 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #35 - July 15, 2007 - Naperville Ribfest and the 4th of July It's the 4th of July! I go to one of the best festivals in the Midwest - Ribfest - and we listen to the sounds of celebration from a distance.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #34 - June 30, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003282.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003282.shtml Podcast Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:01:41 -0600 00:41:34 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #34 - June 30, 2007 - Thoroughbred Horseracing and Minor League Baseball I win an invite to go to Arlington Park Racetrack for a private party in a suite with Eric & Kathy from WTMX 101.9... and we go to a minor league baseball game with the Kane County Cougars

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]]> I win an invite to go to Arlington Park Racetrack for a private party in a suite with Eric & Kathy from WTMX 101.9... and we go to a minor league baseball game with the Kane County Cougars

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]]> TMMLS - Show #33 - June 17, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003281.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003281.shtml Podcast Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:55:19 -0600 01:06:23 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #33 - June 17, 2007 - Las Vegas Vacation - Part 2 We finish-up our vacation in Las Vegas! Part 2 of a multiple-episode podcast.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #32 - May 31, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003275.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003275.shtml Podcast Thu, 31 May 2007 10:17:58 -0600 01:08:05 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #32 - May 31, 2007 - Las Vegas Vacation - Part 1 It's time to go back and vacation in Las Vegas! Part 1 of a multiple-episode podcast.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #31 - May 12, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003257.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003257.shtml Podcast Sat, 12 May 2007 22:40:29 -0600 00:27:05 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #31 - May 12, 2007 - Hockey and Emissions Check It might be baseball season, but there's still hockey going on in Chicago, and I have to get an emissions test for my car.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #30 - April 30, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003240.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003240.shtml Podcast Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:58:55 -0600 00:50:07 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #30 - April 30, 2007 - Eavesdropping on U. S. Cellular Field I go to some Chicago White Sox games at U.S. Cellular Field with a handheld radio scanner (a Uniden BR330T Handheld Scanner)... and we get a "behind the scenes" glimpse of the operations of the stadium during the game

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]]> I go to some Chicago White Sox games at U.S. Cellular Field with a handheld radio scanner (a Uniden BR330T Handheld Scanner)... and we get a "behind the scenes" glimpse of the operations of the stadium during the game

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]]> TMMLS - Show #29 - April 16, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003239.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003239.shtml Podcast Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:21:10 -0600 00:24:15 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #29 - April 16, 2007 - Chicago White Sox Baseball Opening Day It's my favorite time of year again... it's spring... and baseball season starts!!! We go to Opening Day at U.S. Cellular Field where the Chicago White Sox host the Cleveland Indians

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]]> It's my favorite time of year again... it's spring... and baseball season starts!!! We go to Opening Day at U.S. Cellular Field where the Chicago White Sox host the Cleveland Indians

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]]> TMMLS - Show #28 - March 31, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003201.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003201.shtml Podcast Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:29:15 -0600 01:13:09 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #28 - March 31, 2007 - Dye the River Green and the St. Patrick's Day Parade A very long podcast of Annual Rituals in Chicago - Dying the river green, and the St. Patrick's Day Parade

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]]> TMMLS - Show #27 - March 12, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003200.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003200.shtml Podcast Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:26:35 -0600 00:35:01 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #27 - March 12, 2007 - Blues, Wolves, and a new Drivers License We listen to an amateur blues singer at a legendary blues club in Chicago, walk through Gameworks in Schaumburg, Illinois during the annual Chicago Wolves Season Ticket Holder Party, and finally we endure the process of getting my Drivers License renewed.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #26 - February 28, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003175.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003175.shtml Podcast Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:09:46 -0600 00:34:47 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #26 - February 28, 2007 - Fish Fry, 79th Oscar dish and Car Wash We start out at a typical Parish Lenten Fish Fry, dish a few catty remarks about the Oscars Red Carpet, and take my car to the car wash

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]]> We start out at a typical Parish Lenten Fish Fry, dish a few catty remarks about the Oscars Red Carpet, and take my car to the car wash

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]]> TMMLS - Show #25 - February 15, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003174.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003174.shtml Podcast Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:06:45 -0600 00:34:09 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #25 - February 15, 2007 - Superbowl XLI and the 2007 Chicago International Auto Show Oh... something so exciting turned something terribly wrong...

The city of Chicago gets excited when the Chicago Bears make it to the Superbowl! Too bad they embarrassed themselves and lost the game handily. At least there were the commercials...

So, we walk the show floor of the 2007 Chicago International Auto Show, the biggest auto show in North America!

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The city of Chicago gets excited when the Chicago Bears make it to the Superbowl! Too bad they embarrassed themselves and lost the game handily. At least there were the commercials...

So, we walk the show floor of the 2007 Chicago International Auto Show, the biggest auto show in North America!

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]]> TMMLS - Show #24 - January 29, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003138.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003138.shtml Podcast Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:11:21 -0600 00:37:17 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #24 - January 29, 2007 - Multiple Sclerosis The search for the source of my health problems finally ends up with a diagnosis

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]]> TMMLS - Show #23 - January 15, 2007 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003137.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003137.shtml Podcast Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:10:18 -0600 00:21:26 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #23 - January 15, 2007 - Wicked and My Birthday We start off at a hockey game, listen to some bad squeaky belts on the engine of my car, Alec Baldwin calls in, we spend an evening at the theatre to see Wicked... and celebrate my BIG Birthday... thanks to audio from my sister.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #22 - December 31, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003136.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003136.shtml Podcast Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:59:59 -0600 00:28:19 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #22 - December 31, 2006 - Myelogram and New Year's Eve We go to Northwestern for a Myelogram, listen to a Chicago Wolves' goal, and celebrate New Year's with friends... well, actually New Year's Eve...

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]]> TMMLS - Show #21 - December 16, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003115.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003115.shtml Podcast Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:44:49 -0600 00:54:22 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #21 - December 16, 2006 - It's cold outside - let's go Christmas Shopping in Downtown Chicago It's a soundseeing extravaganza, as we have long listening segments of traveling to Downtown Chicago via commuter rail and subway, we walk along State Street looking at the decorated windows or Marshall Field's (damn it, OK, it actually Macy's, but I refuse to accept it), walk over to the largest Christmas/Holiday market in the nation - the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza... and we end up listening to a haunting rendition of Little Drummer Boy on a subway platform.

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]]> It's a soundseeing extravaganza, as we have long listening segments of traveling to Downtown Chicago via commuter rail and subway, we walk along State Street looking at the decorated windows or Marshall Field's (damn it, OK, it actually Macy's, but I refuse to accept it), walk over to the largest Christmas/Holiday market in the nation - the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza... and we end up listening to a haunting rendition of Little Drummer Boy on a subway platform.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #20 - November 30, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003114.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003114.shtml Podcast Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:48:53 -0600 00:33:42 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #20 - November 30, 2006 - Black Friday, Christmas lights, health updates Spend time at the largest shopping mall in the Chicago area on the day after Thanksgiving, put up some Christmas lights, strange turns in our health sagas, and play with Jackson's Caterpillar Front Loader

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  • Introduction
  • Black Friday at Woodfield Mall
  • Put up Christmas Lights outside
  • Health updates
    • Carol in the hospital
    • my Chest CT Scan
    • first/last visit to an oncologist
  • Moment of Zen: Shopping on Black Friday
  • My Mundane Kid's Life: Toy time - Caterpillar Frontloader

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  • Introduction
  • Black Friday at Woodfield Mall
  • Put up Christmas Lights outside
  • Health updates
    • Carol in the hospital
    • my Chest CT Scan
    • first/last visit to an oncologist
  • Moment of Zen: Shopping on Black Friday
  • My Mundane Kid's Life: Toy time - Caterpillar Frontloader

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]]> TMMLS - Show #18 - October 31, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003068.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003068.shtml Podcast Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:34:06 -0600 00:27:42 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #18 - October 31, 2006 - Thunderstorms and Trick-or-Treat! We don't even leave my house, as we listen to a passing thunderstorm and kids running up the side walk and ringing our doorbell for Trick-or-Treat-ing!

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  • Introduction
  • Illinois Zen - an Autumn Thunderstorm
  • Suburban Trick-or-Treat!
  • Jackson returns to My Mundane Kid's Life

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  • Introduction
  • Illinois Zen - an Autumn Thunderstorm
  • Suburban Trick-or-Treat!
  • Jackson returns to My Mundane Kid's Life

]]> TMMLS - Show #17 - October 15, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003044.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003044.shtml Podcast Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:30:25 -0600 00:30:09 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #17 - October 15, 2006 - Back to LaValle, Wisconsin The "Away Team" heads up to LaValle, Wisconsin for a weekend away from the spouses... spending time going out to eat, going to a model train store, and out on the lake.

Then we spend some time just listening to the birds in the morning.

We start the show at a hockey game, we end the show at a baseball game.

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Then we spend some time just listening to the birds in the morning.

We start the show at a hockey game, we end the show at a baseball game.

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]]> TMMLS - Show #16 - September 22, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003033.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003033.shtml Podcast Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:39:56 -0600 00:47:06 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #16 - September 22, 2006 - Las Vegas, baby! Ah... who cares how long this show is...

It's time for an oh-too-short vacation in Las Vegas! It's Paris! It's Venice! It's Lake Como! It's Love! It's... Van Helsing's Curse???

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]]> Ah... who cares how long this show is...

It's time for an oh-too-short vacation in Las Vegas! It's Paris! It's Venice! It's Lake Como! It's Love! It's... Van Helsing's Curse???

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]]> TMMLS - Show #15 - September 16, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003032.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003032.shtml Podcast Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:00:59 -0600 00:21:38 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #15 - September 16, 2006 - Back to the Ballpark and Jackson's First Birthday! I Did it! The shortest show yet!.. It's still over 20 minutes...

We go back to the ballpark for some sounds of the game and we celebrate my nephew Jackson's First Birthday!

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  • Introduction
  • Back to the ballpark - sounds of the game
  • Jackson's First Birthday! complete with Sto Lat!

    ]]> I Did it! The shortest show yet!.. It's still over 20 minutes...

    We go back to the ballpark for some sounds of the game and we celebrate my nephew Jackson's First Birthday!

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    • Introduction
    • Back to the ballpark - sounds of the game
    • Jackson's First Birthday! complete with Sto Lat!

      ]]> TMMLS - Show #14 - August 31, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003031.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003031.shtml Podcast Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:00:18 -0600 00:39:04 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #14 - August 31, 2006 - Sleep Study and Watering the Lawn I say that it's a shorter show... but, alas, it is not...

      It's another health journey, as I go in overnight for a Sleep Study, and we have a Zen Moment sitting outside with a sprinkler watering my lawn.

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      • Introduction
      • Sleep Study
      • Suburban Zen
      • Jackson's Race Car

      ]]>       I say that it's a shorter show... but, alas, it is not...

      It's another health journey, as I go in overnight for a Sleep Study, and we have a Zen Moment sitting outside with a sprinkler watering my lawn.

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      • Introduction
      • Sleep Study
      • Suburban Zen
      • Jackson's Race Car

      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #13 - August 21, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003009.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003009.shtml Podcast Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:31:10 -0600 00:32:14 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #13 - August 21, 2006 - Getaway to Michigan Screw it... let's force the issue and trim this down to make it short...

      OK... so.. it's as long as all the others...

      We vacation at my sister's house in Michigan, have a little Michigan Zen time, play with one of Jackson's toys on the fridge... and go off on DVD players in SUV's and minivans

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      ]]>       Screw it... let's force the issue and trim this down to make it short...

      OK... so.. it's as long as all the others...

      We vacation at my sister's house in Michigan, have a little Michigan Zen time, play with one of Jackson's toys on the fridge... and go off on DVD players in SUV's and minivans

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      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #12 - July 30, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003008.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/003008.shtml Podcast Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:14:23 -0600 01:10:44 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #12 - July 30, 2006 - Hauled into the E.R. and more U.S. Cellular Field Oh, who am I kidding... the longest show I have produced so far... my apologies.. the next one WILL be shorter...

      This show I get hauled off to the hospital, talk about my binaural recording setup, go to U.S. Cellular field... but not for a baseball game, and we have a Zen Moment... right in the middle of a bunch of slot machines.

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      • Introduction - from under a tree in Michigan
      • Hauled off to the hospital

      • Binaural Microphones and missing a recording
      • Better Than Ezra
      • 2006 Grinder Bash
      • Moment of Zen - Slot Machines
      • Jackson

      • My Pet Peeves - Neighborhood Roadkill

      ]]>       Oh, who am I kidding... the longest show I have produced so far... my apologies.. the next one WILL be shorter...

      This show I get hauled off to the hospital, talk about my binaural recording setup, go to U.S. Cellular field... but not for a baseball game, and we have a Zen Moment... right in the middle of a bunch of slot machines.

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      • Introduction - from under a tree in Michigan
      • Hauled off to the hospital

      • Binaural Microphones and missing a recording
      • Better Than Ezra
      • 2006 Grinder Bash
      • Moment of Zen - Slot Machines
      • Jackson

      • My Pet Peeves - Neighborhood Roadkill

      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #11 - July 18, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002993.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002993.shtml Podcast Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:41:58 -0600 00:25:34 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #11 - July 18, 2006 - A Trip to Small-Town America for another retirement party Shorter... not short enough

      Time for a road trip, this time to middle-Wisconsin - small-town America - to continue to celebrate John's retirement

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction - in a Parking Garage
      • John's 2nd Retirement Party in small-town America

      • National Anthem issues

      • Jackson - not this show, sorry

      • My Pet Peeves - Vans/SUV's on the road

      ]]>       Shorter... not short enough

      Time for a road trip, this time to middle-Wisconsin - small-town America - to continue to celebrate John's retirement

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction - in a Parking Garage
      • John's 2nd Retirement Party in small-town America

      • National Anthem issues

      • Jackson - not this show, sorry

      • My Pet Peeves - Vans/SUV's on the road

      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #10 - July 4, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002969.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002969.shtml Podcast Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:03:53 -0600 00:26:16 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #10 - July 4, 2006 - It's the Independence Day Holiday! I finally got a shorter show... still not as short as I would like, though

      It's time to getaway to Michigan for a vacation over the U.S. Independence Day Holiday... let's go to the beach, wish a friend a Happy Retirement, watch some fireworks... and play craps at a riverboat casino.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction - on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan
      • John's Retirement Party

      • Independence Day Fireworks - Three Oaks, Michigan

      • Craps - Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City, Indiana

      • Jackson

      • My Pet Peeves - Apologies for the U.S.

      ]]>       I finally got a shorter show... still not as short as I would like, though

      It's time to getaway to Michigan for a vacation over the U.S. Independence Day Holiday... let's go to the beach, wish a friend a Happy Retirement, watch some fireworks... and play craps at a riverboat casino.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction - on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan
      • John's Retirement Party

      • Independence Day Fireworks - Three Oaks, Michigan

      • Craps - Blue Chip Casino, Michigan City, Indiana

      • Jackson

      • My Pet Peeves - Apologies for the U.S.

      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #9 - June 18, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002959.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002959.shtml Podcast Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:08:44 -0600 00:40:26 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #9 - June 18, 2006 - Back to the ballpark and a Ukrainian/Greek Wedding I keep saying I'm trying to get these shows shorter... here's one of the longest ones yet...

      Grab a beer and a polish, we're going to the ballpark to rip American Idol and discuss the concept of a Season Ticketholder Extended family, and we go to a Ukrainian/Greek wedding.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction
      • Walking around the ballpark

      • American Idol - Brooke Barrett Smith

      • A Ukrainian/Greek Wedding

      • Puppeteering - not this show

      • Jackson

      • My Pet Peeves - Driving to your mailbox

      ]]>       I keep saying I'm trying to get these shows shorter... here's one of the longest ones yet...

      Grab a beer and a polish, we're going to the ballpark to rip American Idol and discuss the concept of a Season Ticketholder Extended family, and we go to a Ukrainian/Greek wedding.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction
      • Walking around the ballpark

      • American Idol - Brooke Barrett Smith

      • A Ukrainian/Greek Wedding

      • Puppeteering - not this show

      • Jackson

      • My Pet Peeves - Driving to your mailbox

      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #8 - May 31, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002945.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002945.shtml Podcast Wed, 31 May 2006 11:27:32 -0600 00:28:59 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #8 - May 31, 2006 - Entertainment and Michigan Zen I'm trying to get these shows shorter... no... really I am...

      In this show, we talk about seeing "TV's Craig Ferguson" at a local commedy club, tease a future segment about my "prior life" - as a puppeteer for a kid's TV show in Chicago, and then you get 5 good minutes of nothing but sounds of the woods at my sister's house - a moment of Michigan Zen.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      ]]>       I'm trying to get these shows shorter... no... really I am...

      In this show, we talk about seeing "TV's Craig Ferguson" at a local commedy club, tease a future segment about my "prior life" - as a puppeteer for a kid's TV show in Chicago, and then you get 5 good minutes of nothing but sounds of the woods at my sister's house - a moment of Michigan Zen.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #7 - May 12, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002921.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002921.shtml Podcast Fri, 12 May 2006 23:36:47 -0600 00:47:09 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #7 - May 12, 2006 - My Medical Issues This show - our longest one yet - is all medical. Let's go get an NCV, an EMG and four MRI's!

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction
      • All Medical - All the Time
        • NCV
        • EMG
        • 4 MRI's!
        • MRI results
        • Blood test results
        • Type 2 Diabetes
      • Jackson

      • My Pet Peeves - Just me

      ]]>       This show - our longest one yet - is all medical. Let's go get an NCV, an EMG and four MRI's!

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction
      • All Medical - All the Time
        • NCV
        • EMG
        • 4 MRI's!
        • MRI results
        • Blood test results
        • Type 2 Diabetes
      • Jackson

      • My Pet Peeves - Just me

      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #6 - April 30, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002916.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002916.shtml Podcast Sun, 30 Apr 2006 11:29:11 -0600 00:25:58 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #6 - April 30, 2006 - Chicago Wolves and the PBR Chicago Wolves and we go to the PBR as it travels through town on the Built Ford Tough Tour.]]>*** SHOW NOTES ***
      ]]>       Chicago Wolves and we go to the PBR as it travels through town on the Built Ford Tough Tour.]]>*** SHOW NOTES ***
      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #5 - April 17, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002911.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002911.shtml Podcast Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:31:32 -0600 00:34:39 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #5 - April 17, 2006 - The beginning of MLB Baseball Season On this show, the baseball sesaon starts with the Chicago White Sox and we go to U.S. Cellular Field.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction
      • Chicago White Sox
        • Our "Opening Day" (The second game of
          the year)
          • The first view of inside the park
          • The World Series Championship Ring Ceremony
          • National Anthem
          • Fly-over
          • Ceremonial First-Pitch
          • Lovehammers
          • We lost the game
          • No smoking in the park
          • New foods at the park
            • Pickles
            • Where's the rumored Pulled Pork Sandwich?
            • Fresh Carmel Corn and Cheese Corn

          • 2005 World Series Ring Raffle
          • Ring Day promotion
          • How about a homerun courtesy of Paul Konerko?

      • Nancy Faust - Take Me Out to The Ball Game
      • Jackson
      • My Pet Peeves - None this show! Baseball's back!

      ]]>       On this show, the baseball sesaon starts with the Chicago White Sox and we go to U.S. Cellular Field.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction
      • Chicago White Sox
        • Our "Opening Day" (The second game of
          the year)
          • The first view of inside the park
          • The World Series Championship Ring Ceremony
          • National Anthem
          • Fly-over
          • Ceremonial First-Pitch
          • Lovehammers
          • We lost the game
          • No smoking in the park
          • New foods at the park
            • Pickles
            • Where's the rumored Pulled Pork Sandwich?
            • Fresh Carmel Corn and Cheese Corn

          • 2005 World Series Ring Raffle
          • Ring Day promotion
          • How about a homerun courtesy of Paul Konerko?

      • Nancy Faust - Take Me Out to The Ball Game
      • Jackson
      • My Pet Peeves - None this show! Baseball's back!

      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #4 - March 31, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002891.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002891.shtml Podcast Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:57:38 -0600 00:26:14 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #4 - March 31, 2006 - In-House Curling Tournament, Haircut In this show, we head out onto the ice and go curling and I get a haircut.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction
      • Sports

      • Medicine
          Nope - not this show - it's too long already

      • Haircut
      • Jackson
      • My Pet Peeves - People walking and not paying attention

      ]]>       In this show, we head out onto the ice and go curling and I get a haircut.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      • Introduction
      • Sports

      • Medicine
          Nope - not this show - it's too long already

      • Haircut
      • Jackson
      • My Pet Peeves - People walking and not paying attention

      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #3 - March 15, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002890.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002890.shtml Podcast Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:56:12 -0600 00:28:29 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #3 - March 15, 2006 - Las Vegas, Chicago Wolves Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, play some penny video slots, have a Sunday Gospel Brunch at the House of Blues, and go up the Eiffel Tower at Paris - Las Vegas. Then we're back in town to go to a Chicago Wolves game.]]>*** SHOW NOTES ***
      ]]>       Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, play some penny video slots, have a Sunday Gospel Brunch at the House of Blues, and go up the Eiffel Tower at Paris - Las Vegas. Then we're back in town to go to a Chicago Wolves game.]]>*** SHOW NOTES ***
      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #2 - February 28, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002851.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002851.shtml Podcast Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:29:23 -0600 00:35:21 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #2 - February 28, 2006 - Jack's Baptism, Curling, Chicago Wolves Wedding In this show, my nephew Jackson gets Baptized, I start a new hobby sport - Curling, we visit old friends, we go to the dentist and the doctor, I introduce you to our two pet rabbits, and I take you to the implosion of the Castaways Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      ]]>       In this show, my nephew Jackson gets Baptized, I start a new hobby sport - Curling, we visit old friends, we go to the dentist and the doctor, I introduce you to our two pet rabbits, and I take you to the implosion of the Castaways Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      ]]>       TMMLS - Show #1 - February 19, 2006 http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002833.shtml http://www.reallans.com/podcast.shtml?/002833.shtml Podcast Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:13:30 -0600 00:37:01 Mundane Michael TMMLS - Show #1 - February 19, 2006 - The Inaugural Show - Chicago Wolves, Chicago White Sox, flying back from Las Vegas Get out of bed
      Middle of June
      Craving some breakfast
      Can't find a spoon
      Looks like today is just another day...

      Hop on the couch
      Turn on the game
      Winning or loosing,
      it's always the same
      At least we all share the same mundane life...

      Get to work on time
      Work the daily grind
      Just another day in this Mundane Mid-Life...

      It's the same for you
      We all know it's true
      Not everyone can be a superstar
      The rest of us are just living in our Mundane Mid-Life

      INTRODUCING...

      The Mundane Mid-Life Show
      Show #1





      Yes, it's the Inaugural Mundane Mid-Life Show! It's my attempt at a Podcast, that I hope to do on a somewhat regular basis (weekly? Who knows...). Right now, all I know is that the first one is "in the can" and work on the second one can start... but with my schedule coming-up, I'm thinking this is going to take a while, just to get ramped-up.

      Anyway, check it out

      In this show, we talk briefly about the Chicago Wolves and the Chicago White Sox, we travel home from Las Vegas, we visit an experiment tossed-out of the International Space Station and talk about the concept of trading a sportscaster. We finish our journey with the National Anthem sung by Lou Rawls at the 2nd Game of the 2005 World Series at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      ]]> Get out of bed
      Middle of June
      Craving some breakfast
      Can't find a spoon
      Looks like today is just another day...

      Hop on the couch
      Turn on the game
      Winning or loosing,
      it's always the same
      At least we all share the same mundane life...

      Get to work on time
      Work the daily grind
      Just another day in this Mundane Mid-Life...

      It's the same for you
      We all know it's true
      Not everyone can be a superstar
      The rest of us are just living in our Mundane Mid-Life

      INTRODUCING...

      The Mundane Mid-Life Show
      Show #1





      Yes, it's the Inaugural Mundane Mid-Life Show! It's my attempt at a Podcast, that I hope to do on a somewhat regular basis (weekly? Who knows...). Right now, all I know is that the first one is "in the can" and work on the second one can start... but with my schedule coming-up, I'm thinking this is going to take a while, just to get ramped-up.

      Anyway, check it out

      In this show, we talk briefly about the Chicago Wolves and the Chicago White Sox, we travel home from Las Vegas, we visit an experiment tossed-out of the International Space Station and talk about the concept of trading a sportscaster. We finish our journey with the National Anthem sung by Lou Rawls at the 2nd Game of the 2005 World Series at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago.

      ]]>
      *** SHOW NOTES ***

      ]]>