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Grizzly's Growls Podcasts & Stories

146 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings

The Life and Times of a Minor Local Celebrity Podcast plus Stories from the Hiber-Nation

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Episode Zero -- A Minor Local Celebrity

January 15, 2023 15:00 - 11 minutes - 11.7 MB

With "Meditation Impromptu" by Kevin MacLeod Originally posted to Libsyn under my original setup around 02/2007.  When I ran out of money, my several years worth of podcasts were deleted from Libsyn's archives, and I don't have a good record for when they were originally posted, but that first one is about right. And yes, it was and is bloody awful, but it's still the first one.    

The other "Be Good" story

September 13, 2022 16:30

 Yes, I know, if it weren't for the video (which I mostly love), there's a whole nother story that'd fit Gregory Porter's song, "Be Good."  (When I saw the mini-Cupid I was expecting this story, or some Little Girl story.) I'm thinking like Toy Story.  The Lion is a stuffed toy, and thinks the little girl is named Be Good because Mommy and Daddy say that to her a lot. Now we need the cage.  Okay, how about this: The Lion was actually a favorite toy of Grandma or maybe even Great Grandma.  ...

Be Good

September 13, 2022 12:53

  One of those songs, so simple, everyone understands it differently.  Love song, sure, I hear that. Romantic love, could be, or familial love works, too, because it's "Be Good." He's a lion, our protagonist. She tells him to "Be Good" so often he's determined it's her name. And he tries to Be Good, brushes and cuts his mane, trims his claws, to be a Good lion. And what he gets back is "She said, 'Lions are made for cages / Just to look at in delight / You dare not let them walk around...

An open letter to Philip Rosedale

August 26, 2022 12:39

 (For others, Philip Rosedale was the creator of Second Life, and recently returned to Linden Labs as an Advisor.) Dear Mr Rosedale, Look at me, getting all formal and old-school... Just read an article/interview with you from Axios on Nov 29, 2021.  Quoting from the Article, "Of the metaverse, he says: “I think what we've learned — and somewhat with some sadness, given the work that I've done, I would have to agree — is that it's not for everybody, and maybe it's never for everybody.” ...

That back-again bump

August 21, 2022 06:24 - 189 MB Video

As with so many events in my life... I have repeatedly intended  to do another podcast, to restart the process of Being A Podcaster. Facing a stack of obstacles.  I've always been an audio-only podcaster, and now I don't have my Libsyn setup.  My only recording environment is my lil bedroom with the computer and whatnot (always been that way), and this time of year, daytime is too noisy with the traffic out front, and nighttime is too hot and stuffy unless I run the fan, which of course ma...

I found my podcast again... sort of...

August 06, 2022 06:18

 Just got an email from YouTube indicating folks "watched" 2627 minutes of my so-called videos on YouTube last month.  My Libsyn setup had a thing that posted my audio podcasts as "videos," basically combining the audio with an extended still shot of the cover art. So my podcast is still sort of out there, and people are still sort of listening.   Now I wonder if I want to try producing stuff directly for YouTube.  Don't have to pay for it, and there's a very large potential audience there...

Oh, well...

August 02, 2022 09:36

 Just completely lost my Libsyn site, so Grizzlysgrowls.com now points to the blog here.  At least Blogger is still free, and the domain is paid for for another three years.  So, now I'm not a podcaster anymore, just another blogger. Got laid off from my job early in the whole stay-at-home thing with the pandemic.  Laid off hell, basically just fired. The Texas company that had bought the local company I worked for, packed up their carpet bags and headed back to Texas.  That's happened to m...

The FreedomBox?

July 24, 2022 03:00

 Listening to a podcast (old) and got pointed to The FreedomBox, which intends to provide anyone willing with the ability to host their own social media.  Right now, you can pick the T place or the F place, most people do.  I stuck with T, but I'm no longer F-ed. Back in the 1990s, I used to run a BBS.  Certainly had its good points, and some of the offline messaging was quite frankly more useful and usable than the current web forum horrors.  This ain't that. Looks like it tries to replica...

The keyboard, revisited

July 16, 2022 18:09

Remember the other day I did a post about my two defective iClever keyboards, money I'll never get back? Well, today I'm trying something stupidly simple, that in retrospect is almost obvious -- not quite, but almost. Grabbed my USB to Go adapter, plugged in a small but conventional USB wired keyboard, and plugged the adapter into my Fire tablet -- and Bob's yer uncle. Works as well as can be expected.  No touchpad on this particular keyboard, but I only used the touchpad on the iClever keyb...

Investing looking backward

July 10, 2022 12:07

 DISCLAIMER: You'd read a blog post from me for investment advice?  Are you out of your mind?   I've been all stressed for a while about some of the individual stocks I've bought.  They seem to have done incredibly badly. This was from looking at current price relative to what I paid for them.  And as the fella said, "Well, there's yer trouble!" Like a lot of people, after getting my pandemic layoff, I had way too much time on my hands. And I finally bit the bullet and moved from a strict...

Let's try this again...

July 06, 2022 11:03

Me being me, I am once again trying my second iClever keyboard with my Blogger app on my Fire, knowing the... well that one key didn't and doesn't work.   According to the Amaon reviews, iClever has very good customer service.  That may be.  But they may have good customer service because they have so many defective keyboards being returned, so they have lots of practice. I wonder if the one I bought for my sister is at all defective.  I should ask her.

A bit baffled

July 05, 2022 20:36

 I lost my job near the end of July, 2020.  Like a lot of people, I did okay with the extended unemployment and supplements and such.  Then I tried going to school to be a Certified Medical Records Specialist online.  Thought I was doing okay, then I figured out I'd been doing the course completely wrong and had used up most of my paid-for school time.  Didn't manage to finish. I'm no longer who I was 20 years ago, when a 8 hours a day on my feet, lift 50 pounds job was my usual.  A lifting...

Abraham Lincoln

May 29, 2022 20:08

 I remember an old story about Abraham Lincoln.  He was a friendly man, even to those who might be his enemies. And some told him, "You should want to destroy your enemies!" And he replied, "Do I not destroy my enemies by making them believe they are my friends, til they trust me enough I can slit their throats?" Something like that.  My memory isn't what it used to be.

In case you noticed, or didn't...

March 01, 2022 11:08

 Why yes, I did reactivate my Twitter account. I am posting nowhere near as often, and reading Twitter nowhere near as often. I don't like who I became for a bit there. And I have some things -- generally useless and pointless -- I'm enjoying on Second Life. I haven't done a new podcast in a very very long time. That first one after so long is hard, as I've found all the other times I've stopped. And I don't have that much to say. Someone did ask on YouTube about that whole Federalist Pap...

My new look in Second Life

December 26, 2021 21:59

 Wanted to share my new look and new singing career in SL. So, what ya think?

A brief note

December 15, 2021 21:40

One of those little things I'd have put on Twitter, back before I deactivated my account there. I've continued my habit of listening to "historical" podcasts, that is telling my podcatcher to play all episodes in order instead of just grabbing the latest, as is more usual.  Found one called "Coronavirus 411," apparently having something to do with the CDC.   In any case, it is interesting to hear them list the cases in the US so far, currently from February 2020. All 15 of them.

The world round

December 15, 2021 18:07

 Repeatedly being shown this commercial on Bloomberg TV (for the little graphs of the market indexes) without listening to the audio.  And over and over I get annoyed with this lady bending over to pick up one of those five-gallon plastic water bottles to replace the one she'd emptied. Sure, it's possible to safely move the things, I've done it many times.  But certainly not the way she does it.  Apparently the character she's playing (I doubt the actress injured herself) doesn't realize ho...

The Great Lack of Resignation

December 04, 2021 18:23

 I've listened over and over to the various narratives applied to what happened when so many Americans didn't come back from the lockdown, and inconveniently, also didn't die.  The news outlets often call it "The Great Resignation." When the lockdown started they said folks who could work from home would be fine.  Since I'd already been working from home for a couple years, I figured no problem, we're all set.  Yeah... not so much, because my work depended on other folks being able to go wo...

Zoom Dysmorphia

December 03, 2021 17:58

 I'm still not back on Twitter, so even brief things I want to comment about end up here.  Honestly not sure if I'll go back; I've been off Facebook for a long time now, and I don't plan on returning, even though I'll never hear about the next High School Reunion. Anyway, Daily Tech News Show just mentioned something called "Zoom Dysmorphia."  People seeing themselves on screen while doing video conferences are becoming uncomfortable about their perception of their appearance, and even seek...

I will say this...

November 26, 2021 12:00

 As part of trying to put my YouTube content into Playlists, I started listening to "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill. Now I will grant that Mill's stance on most things was one a Christian of his time would have taken.  But ya know, I listen to his arguments for listening to those who disagree and realize I'm not listening. And then... I counter to myself that my objection is not to disagreement with me. My argument is with listening to those who are not at all interested in disagreeing w...

YouTube -- people seem interested, but do I have the skills?

November 26, 2021 07:57

 As it happens, for many of my podcasts over on grizzlysgrowls.com there are corresponding copies in automatically created video form over on YouTube.com. Basically it's a "card" of the cover graphic for the audio version with the audio attached. Some folks have asked if I could turn those copies into playlists, and that isn't very hard if all the files actually made the trip to YouTube.  Where they didn't I'd have to find a way to either get the rest over or manually create these half-bake...

Google-splaining

November 25, 2021 09:49

 So, two things: Since I don't have Twitter anymore, I don't have a place to drop short bon mots I think are clever -- if they're not clever, they're not bon mots. Other thing, Kewl Term from the "It's a Thing" podcast, namely: Google-splaining.  (Punctuation my own, choose your own.)  Somewhat derived from the term man-splaining, which same term annoys the heck out of me. But I digress. Basically, when someone did a Google search or two ("my own research") and then feels they can explain...

Something nice

November 23, 2021 13:09

 Was being let through a bunch of YouTube shows about Star Trek, and ended up in "Star Trek Continues," a fan fiction collection of episodes intended to follow ST:TOS in the same style, with the same characters, albeit different actors. Nice to see that Grant Imahara got to play Sulu.  I'm sure he was thrilled to have the opportunity, or so it seems to me.  Died a while back, but got to live some dreams. Live your dreams while you're young enough, strong enough and healthy enough. You won'...

Something stupid

November 22, 2021 01:06

 So, I made one really horrible pun on Twitter and got a big response. Then I said something impulsive and in extremely bad taste and got a big response.  Most of it angry, and rightfully so, it was a terrible thing to say. So I deleted the post and deactivated the account, and 30 days from now my account will be deleted, as long as I keep my hands off of it. I don't want to be that guy, and I don't want to be in a place that makes me feel that way, so I am liable to just let it die.  Alr...

The quick brown fox jumped over the lay dog

October 05, 2021 09:55

Well his is awkward.  Wanted to do a gadget video for the  Gi Wi show.  I was going to show all three, well four, of my bluetooth keyboards, including this new iClever keyboard I really like.  When it works. My third one was an iClever keyboard, foldy thing, lovely form factor.  Had to stop using that one when the D key stopped working. iClever keyboards are tri-fold, and it happened the D key is right on a fold, so I figured that was why it failed, so I got another of the same kind.  Worked...

A bit of copy-and-paste from Twitter, because I can.

August 28, 2021 08:58

Was chatting with @jangles on Twitter and decided much of my post-by-post on twitter should be a longer-form article. And this ain't it, but this was easier.    Funny, as you'd of course, know, we at #SecondLife have "owned the term" #metaverse for a long while now.  I'm often struck by the similarity between the current "story" and GK Chesterton's "The Everlasting Man," where the character of The Church keeps coming back with "we've been doing that for ages now..."  I am an expert on...

Content First

December 17, 2020 13:10

Was thinking about content this morning, while trying to go to sleep, and failing.  Happens a lot lately.  What, you, too? Back in the 1990s, I was a full-charge secretary.  I spent much of my time typing correspondence and some articles for newsletters.  Typing, not doing data entry, which is what I've basically done for the last couple decades. Back then, there were two popular word processing programs, WordPerfect and Microsoft Word.  And they had two very different philosophies about co...

Episode 20200911 -- We Should Talk More Episode Zero

September 12, 2020 11:57 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MB

Episode Zero for the new We Should Talk More podcast with Lady J. Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com. Comments via the https://www.speakpipe.com/grizzlysgrowls  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.patreon.com/grizzlysgrowls

GG20200616 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 8 and 9

June 16, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 8 -- The End of the Household Gods: "The only place where it is possible to find an echo of the mind of the English masses is either in conversation or in comic songs. The latter are obviously the more dubious; but they are the only things recorded and quotable that come anywhere near it." Chapter 9 -- A Short Chapter: "Round about the year 1913 Eugenics was turned from a fad to a fashion. Then, if I may so su...

GG20200609 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 7

June 09, 2020 23:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 7 -- The Transformation of Socialism: "Socialism is one of the simplest ideas in the world. It has always puzzled me how there came to be so much bewilderment and misunderstanding and miserable mutual slander about it. At one time I agreed with Socialism, because it was simple. Now I disagree with Socialism, because it is too simple." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.m...

GG20200602 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 6

June 02, 2020 23:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 6 -- The Eclipse of Liberty: "If such a thing as the Eugenic sociology had been suggested in the period from Fox to Gladstone, it would have been far more fiercely repudiated by the reformers than by the Conservatives." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

GG20200526 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 5

May 26, 2020 23:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 5 --The Meanness of the Motive: "Now, if any ask whether it be imaginable that an ordinary man of the wealthier type should analyse the problem or conceive the plan, the inhumanly far-seeing plan, as I have set it forth, the answer is: "Certainly not." Many rich employers are too generous to do such a thing; many are too stupid to know what they are doing." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contribution...

GG20200519 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 4

May 19, 2020 23:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 4 -- The Vengeance of the Flesh: "By a quaint paradox, we generally miss the meaning of simple stories because we are not subtle enough to understand their simplicity." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

GG20200512 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 3

May 12, 2020 23:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 3 -- True History of a Eugenist: "He does not live in a dark lonely tower by the sea, from which are heard the screams of vivisected men and women. On the contrary, he lives in Mayfair." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

GG20200505 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 2

May 05, 2020 23:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 2 -- True History of a Tramp: "He awoke in the Dark Ages and smelt dawn in the dark, and knew he was not wholly a slave." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

GG20200428 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 1

April 28, 2020 23:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Part 2 -- The Real Aim Chapter 1 -- The Impotence of Impenitence "The root formula of an epoch is always an unwritten law, just as the law that is the first of all laws, that which protects life from the murderer, is written nowhere in the Statute Book." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

GG20200421 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 8

April 21, 2020 23:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 8 -- A Summary of a False Theory: "I have up to this point treated the Eugenists, I hope, as seriously as they treat themselves. I have attempted an analysis of their theory as if it were an utterly abstract and disinterested theory; and so considered, there seems to be very little left of it." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

GG20200414 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 7

April 14, 2020 23:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 7 -- The Established Church of Doubt: "Let us now finally consider what the honest Eugenists do mean, since it has become increasingly evident that they cannot mean what they say." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls ADDITIONAL NOTE: Check out what Chesterton had to say about news reporting.  Sounds a bit familiar, huh?  

GG20200407 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 6

April 07, 2020 23:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 6 -- The Unanswered Challenge: "Dr. Saleeby did me the honour of referring to me in one of his addresses on this subject, and said that even I cannot produce any but a feeble-minded child from a feeble-minded ancestry. To which I reply, first of all, that he cannot produce a feeble-minded child. The whole point of our contention is that this phrase conveys nothing fixed and outside opinion." Comments to 218-214-...

GG20200331 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 5

March 31, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 5 - The Flying Authority: "It happened one day that an atheist and a man were standing together on a doorstep; and the atheist said, "It is raining." To which the man replied, "What is raining?": which question was the beginning of a violent quarrel and a lasting friendship." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

GG20200324 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 4

March 31, 2020 18:23 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

Finished editing this, then forgot to post it.  (sigh) "Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 4 -- The Lunatic and the Law: "The modern evil, we have said, greatly turns on this: that people do not see that the exception proves the rule. Thus it may or may not be right to kill a murderer; but it can only conceivably be right to kill a murderer because it is wrong to kill a man." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www....

GG20200317 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 3

March 17, 2020 23:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 3 -- The Anarchy from Above: "A silent anarchy is eating out our society. I must pause upon the expression; because the true nature of anarchy is mostly misapprehended." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

GG20200310 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 2

March 10, 2020 23:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 2 -- The First Obstacles: "Now before I set about arguing these things, there is a cloud of skirmishers, of harmless and confused modern sceptics, who ought to be cleared off or calmed down before we come to debate with the real doctors of the heresy." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

Hiber-Nation 20200305 - Federalist # 17 - The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union

March 06, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MB

The same subject continued... continued. The original text from Congress.gov Book Theme: "Prelude in C Major" from Kevin MacLeod  Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat  Comments via the https://www.speakpipe.com/grizzlysgrowls  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.patreon.com/grizzlysgrowls

GG20200303 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 1

March 04, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Narrator's Introduction: For the next few paragraphs I will speak for myself, to set the stage for G.K. Chesterton's book, and to suggest why I believe it is still an important book. I think G.K. Chesterton explains his book rather well in his introduction, but it might help to start with a sense of the time in question. Chesterton started work on Eugenics and Other Evils in about 1910, but it was not completed and publ...

Eugenics by GK Chesterton - the Promo

February 19, 2020 08:06 - 1 minute - 1.13 MB

I'm going to be reposting my old recordings of G.K. Chesterton's "Eugenics and Other Evils."  I heard the other day that the idea is making a comeback.  Again.  And Chesterton said what needed to be said rather well.  He could make a point, stick it in your gut, and make you chuckle when he did it. And, sad to say, it does need to be said.  Again.  Coming soon to a podcast near you.

Episode 20181127 - Back in the Game

November 27, 2018 13:26 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MB

Where I've been and what I've been doing and not doing.  And where I'm going next. Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com. Comments via the https://www.speakpipe.com/grizzlysgrowls  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.patreon.com/grizzlysgrowls    

Episode 20180527 - Not Too Terribly Special

May 27, 2018 07:55 - 10 minutes - 9.51 MB

Exhausted, all my tech is failing, including this podcast.  Oh, did I mention I'm losing my hearing and half-blind in one eye?  So, how's your year been going.  See also one of my earliest podcast episodes, "Some Old Guy Whining." Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com. Comments via the https://www.speakpipe.com/grizzlysgrowls  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.patreon.com/grizzlysgrowls

Prince Martin Wins His Sword - the Promo!

April 30, 2018 02:10 - 1 minute - 2.63 MB

I recently completed the Audible version of "Prince Martin Wins His Sword" for the author, Brandon Hale.  While recording this rhyming book, I noticed a particular piece of music fit the rhyme scheme perfectly.  And then I also noticed the promotional language on the book's page on Amazon also rhymed the same way. And the rest is history... a promo was born! Griz

Hiber-Nation 20180419 - Federalist # 16 - The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union

April 19, 2018 23:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

Back in the saddle, with a few saddle sores.  And a bit of news. And then, The Same Subject Continued. The original text from Congress.gov Book Theme: "Prelude in C Major" from Kevin MacLeod  Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat  Comments via the https://www.speakpipe.com/grizzlysgrowls  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.patreon.com/grizzlysgrowls

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