Episode 139: Building a Lung


 * The first twenty minutes or so are a wonderful, funny story about the time John went skydiving.
 * He almost blacked out but he didn’t.
 * He did break up with that girlfriend though.
 * On meeting the exes of your new partner.
 * Building a lung of experiences.
 * Merlin as a technologist, or how to define those sorts of terms.
 * Punk becomes alternative:
 * Back when Patagonia and North Face were technical gear.
 * “There was a time when you could count on this gear. You’re hanging by a thread.” -MM
 * “I thought of myself as welcome everywhere.” -JR
 * 38:00- John meets his match at a party.
 * A guy poured a gallon of honey on his head.
 * John did theatre sports at Gonzaga.
 * 51:40- They try to usurp John’s leadership in favor of a four-member leadership panel. There’s a very good “Yes, and…” joke from Merlin here.
 * Richard Hugo reference at 1 hour. Remains Merlin’s second favorite poet.
 * Nick Offerman is a rowdy queer.
 * 1:15:45- John should join Merlin’s seduction community.
 * The community of John’s aspirations.
 * There will be no neg-ing chicks.