Episode 6 - Sept 24th 2009

Tattoo You AND Your Mood!!

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• Check out Hilary's tattoo! ->

Time: 1:52:28

First, can you change your mood with your thoughts and actions? And second, are you a fan of tattoos?

This time, we discuss taking action to change your mood, then we have a fiery debate about tattoos!

We start with chick flicks, lab rats, Hilary's new job and the old TV show, "thirtysomething." We move on to driving in Seattle, jaywalking tickets, Hilary's driving, Edward T's horn-honking and his new job news - which is not as exciting as it sounds.

Edward T then relates another dating debacle. No motorcycle guy this time.

In our own now-classic form, the podcast spins on itself when Edward T notices Hilary's tattoo and an argument breaks out about tattoos and their purpose in our lives. As you can imagine, Hilary is down with tattoos and Edward T, the resident misanthrope, is definitely not. Who wins? Find out.

Finally, in the Science Minute, Hilary introduces us to her favorite part of the brain, the Amygdala (amygdalae), wherein lies four of our favorite friends – desire, fear, pleasure and rage. These primal emotions can assist with learning by associating these feelings with thoughts. Say what? It's true! Check it out!!

Books, articles and websites referenced in this episode include:

Salty's on Alki

http://www.saltys.com/seattle/

Beaches the movie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaches_(film)

thirtysomething

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirtysomething_(TV_series)

Edward Zwick

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Zwick

Marshall Herzkovitz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Herskovitz

Terms of Endearment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Endearment

Sandra Bullock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Bullock

Seattle PD Jaywalking Ticket to White Sox Owner

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/White-Sox-GM-ticketed-fined-56-for-jaywalking-?urn=mlb,182055

Traffic Light Detectors - how do they work?

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question234.htm

What is Synchronicity?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity

Hilary's Science Minute articles:

The Amygdala

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala

Link to addiction

http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2007/amygdala-is-link-between.html

Link to OCD and anxiety

http://www.amygdala-anxiety.com/

Autism related to enlarged Amygdalae

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/04/autism.brain.amygdala/index.html

Link between Amygdala and overeating

http://drdeborahserani.blogspot.com/2009/07/amygdala-linked-to-overeating.html

Stumbling On Happiness:

thirtysomething DVD from Amazon.com:

Enjoy!

Recorded Saturday, September 12, 2009

Episode 5 - Sept 10 2009

Seattle, Yay!! Seattle, Boo!!

Time: 1:55:51

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Let the smack down begin!

Seems like people either love living in Seattle or they don't - doesn't seem to be much in-between. Though we both moved to Seattle around 2004, Hilary and Edward T have two very different takes on our love for Seattle: Hilary loves it and Edward T...well, let's just say he doesn't.

But why? Find out in our most expansive and explosive podcast yet!

Hilary and Edward T start out discussing what they've been doing off of the mic for the last month, including Hilary's vacation, her cool new motorcycle accessory and Edward T's party and his fire-building skills. In addition, Edward T relates yet another dating debacle, which unbelievably, involves another guy with a motorcycle.

We move on to discuss what was it that attracted us to the Puget Sound area in the first place. Hilary also tells us about the things that keep her in Seattle and why she loves it so much, including the weather, the international flavor of the scientific community and the supportiveness of the gay community.

Meanwhile, Edward T taps into the rage and rants about what he dislikes about Seattle, which as you will find out, is apparently everything. He blows his stack about traffic and then delineates from a list of all the social and culture issues that rub him the wrong way, including and especially the 'Seattle Freeze'.

Then, in the Science Minute, Hilary tells us about protein, hemaglobin, Vice-Grips, changing Ph's, oxygen and the Goblet (not a character in "Lord of the Rings"), which helps your life go sooo much smoother than you could ever imagine. Find out why.

Books, articles and websites referenced in this episode include:

Our pictures of the "Ass-kicking" rainbow (yay!) and another average day of F'ing Traffic (boo!) in Seattle: Rainbow and Traffic

The funnier side of Seattle politeness and traffic: 4-Way Stop You Go - No You Go Guy

Custom motorcycle seats: Rich's Custom Seats - Kingston, WA

The Seattle Times Magazine Pacific Northwest now-classic article on the phenomenon of The Seattle Freeze: "Our Social Dis-Ease"

Video: "The Seattle Freeze"

Questioning the Seattle Freeze phenomenon, including the quote about 6 ft. of Jello and a lock: "The Seattle Freeze: Bullshit or Legit Phenomenon?"

Economist magazine, June 30th, 2005:

• Quote about Seattle: "It is home to Boeing, Starbucks and Microsoft (as well as to Ichiro Suzuki, the hippest baseball player in the world). But Seattle's other, lesser boast is that it probably has the worst transport planning in North America.
• Geography doesn't help; traffic has to be squeezed between mountains and sea along a handful of narrow corridors. But the real bugbear is the region's conflicting or overlapping transport plans. Each local authority wants to control its own; each has its own administration, engineers and schedule planners; and all compete for passengers and funds." (Unable to provide link due to copyright issues).

The August 2008 issue of GQ magazine named Seattle the "Least Funny City in America."

• Quote: "It's rainy and progressive and almost kind of European. It's Norway on the Pacific. Norwegians should design wind farms and plan the health care system, but they may not roast people at the Friars Club." (Unable to provide link due to copyright issues).

Enjoy!

Recorded Sunday, September 6, 2009