Episode 93: Basketball! Basketball!! Basketball!!! with @skeskali and @DebTorres54

In this episode, we talk basketball with Cecily of The Riverdale Rag and Deb, sharing our personal basketball histories and favorite teams, coaches, and players. When we recorded the episode, the winner of this year’s WNBA championship was still in doubt, but since then the STORM have claimed the title, to the delight of many.

Links
Atlanta 1996 Olympics
Iowa girls’ basketball
Title IX
Utah Starzz
WNBA history

Seattle Storm
Phoenix Mercury
Minnesota Lynx
Los Angeles Sparks
Detroit Shock

Song:
“Basketball” by Kurtis Blow

Movies:
Love and Basketball
Hoop Dreams
Hoosiers
LeBron James Trainwreck scene
Teen Wolf
Space Jam
Semi-Pro

Books:
Loose Balls by Terry Pluto
Romancing the Zone by Kenna White
Slamdunked by Love by Jamie Wesley
Sum It Up by Pat Summitt
In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais
Counting Coup by Larry Colton
Standing Tall by C. Vivian Stringer

Coaches:

Pat Summit
Elaine Elliott
Cheryl Reeve
Dawn Staley
Geno Auriemma
Sue Guevara
Curt Miller

Players:
Elena Delle Donne
Nneka Ogwumike
Breanna Stewart
Sue Bird
Candace Parker
Brittney Griner
Liz Cambage
Chelsea Gray
Janel McCarville

Diana Taurasi (kisses Seimone Augustus)
Cynthia Cooper
Teresa Weatherspoon
Jennifer Azzi
Cheryl Miller
Nancy Lieberman
Ann Meyers
Yolanda Griffith
Tina Thompson
Sheryl Swoopes
Swin Cash
Rebecca Lobo
Lindsay Whalen

Seimone Augustus
Maya Moore
Natalie Williams
Rebekkah Brunson
Asjha Jones
Can you believe Diana Taurasi is married to Penny Taylor?

Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe

Musical Obsessions
Deb: “Drive Slow” by Chastity Brown
Cecily: “Style” by Prince
Anna: “Sweet Georgia Brown” as used by the Harlem Globetrotters
Alene: “Michael Jordan” by Kendrick Lamar

Obsessions
Cecily: Kdramas on Netflix–Mr. Sunshine
Deb: fish tacos
Anna: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Alene: The Romantic Comedy–The Real Deal by Lauren Blakely and Shacking Up by Helena Hunting

Episode 80: Things We Just Don’t Get with @anniecardi

“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.”
~Jo Godwin

…and a moderately good librarian podcast should aspire to the same!

In this episode, we brought in author and podcaster Annie Cardi (@anniecardi) discuss things everyone likes that we don’t. Yes, it was covered in Episode 9, but that was back in December 2014, so here’s an update!

Links
Joanna Newsom
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen (twitter thread of Bruce and Clarence kissing)
Grunge
Experience Music Project (now the Museum of Pop Culture)

Sorting
Passive Aggressive Planmaking “I don’t know, what do you want to do?”
Karaoke
Brandy’s
Starting the week on Sunday (ISO 8601 decrees the week starts on Monday!)
Cheese
Macaroni and Cheese
S’mores

Walking barefoot in grass
Changing display names on Twitter
Christmas Cards
This Is Us
Call the Midwife
My So-Called Life
Reality TV
Broad City
Bridget Jones
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Literary Fiction
Buying Books (estimating shelf capacity)

Bananas
Video Games (Lego Lord of the Rings, King’s Quest VI)
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (read by Jim Dale)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Sarah MacLean
The Cat in the Hat
Roller Coasters

Musical Obsessions
Annie: “Drive It Like You Stole It” from Sing Street motion picture soundtrack
Anna: “Spring” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Alene: “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten

Obsessions
Annie: Olympic Figure Skating
Anna: How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
Alene: Plant Nanny

Bodo The Dog on Instagram
Crossover Appeal (Tumblr)

Episode 79: All About Pens with @skeskali

We brought in writing implement expert Cecily Walker (@skeskali) of the Riverdale Rag podcast to talk about one of our favorite things: pens! Warning: if you are at all inclined to rash internet purchases, Cecily makes buying pens and ink sound very appealing.

Links
The House Bunny :: Easy A :: Mean Girls
Parker Jotter
Gel
Skilcraft
Uniball Onyx
JetPens (aka WetHens)
Pentel Slicci
Uni Jetstream
Lamy Safari

This is Cecily’s handwriting on Lamy

Glossary of Fountain Pen Terminology
Pilot Vball (extra fine)
Gelly Roll
Uniball Jetstream
Pilot Precise V5/7
Pilot G2
Muji Gel
Bic Rollerball
Parker Vector fountain
Le Pen
University Book Store

Purple Pilot BP-S

::whimper::

Pentel Hybrid Gel Roller

Uniball Vision
4-color Bic
Multi
Lamy 2000
Sailor Sky High ink
Vancouver Pen Shop
Pilot Precise V5 turquoise extra fine
Anna carries this pencil case
Ikea Helmer
Sharpie
Sakura SumoGrip mechanical pencil
Pigma Micron

Pentel mechanical pencils

Pilot MR/Metropolitan
Iron Gall Ink
Pilot FriXion
Uni-ball BLX
Robert Oster Fire and Ice ink
Episode 52: Fandom Nail polish
J. Herbin ink
Cecily’s fountain pen thread on twitter
Tokyo Pen Shop
The Goulet Pen Company
Wonder Pens
Private Reserve Tanzanite ink
Pilot Varsity
Pilot Petit 1
Pen Alene was trying to remember reading about: Platinum Preppy

Musical Obsessions
Cecily: “Raingurl” by Yaeji
Anna: First Movement of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony
Alene: “If You Were Here” by Thompson Twins (cover by Cary Brothers)

Obsessions
Cecily: Winter Olympics (Nigerian bobsled team)
Anna: Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide by Rachel Wilkerson Miller; Delay of Game by Tracy Richardson
Alene: crunchwraps

Episode 43: Olympics Nostalgiafest

Just in time for the Closing Ceremonies, we were joined by Anna’s sister (@semisponge) to discuss Olympics past and present, uniform fashion, rooting hierarchies, and more!

Links
Katarina Witt
Kristi Yamaguchi
Beach Volleyball
@shotdiva
Fiji wins first Olympic gold
Singapore wins first Olympic gold
Puerto Rico wins first Olympic gold
No Olympics GIFs

Oksana Chusovitina
Rowdy Gaines
Manicures
everyone’s an expert
Rugby Sevens
By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions by Richard Cohen
Simone Biles
John Williams

Musical Obsessions
Alene: “Olympic Fanfare” by John Williams
Anna: “Can’t Stop The Feeling” by Justin Timberlake
Kristina: “The World Ender” by Lord Huron

TBR Challenge
Kristina for Anna The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
Alene for anyone Neverhome by Laird Hunt

Playing footsie

Obsessions
Alene: Vacation
Kristina: Dota 2 International
Anna: A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (October 2016)

Anna was on Worst Bestsellers talking about Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys!

Kristina’s RPG posts their sessions at kilobops.ladderface.net

 

Episode 12 Show Notes: Binge Watching and Sport Ball Game Outfits

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In this episode, we tackle two listener questions. First, we are pretty miserable at recommending good binge-watching practices. Then, we tackle (hee) the question of sports, zeroing in on the uniforms with laser-like precision. Thanks for the questions, @sophiebiblio and @surlyspice!

Links!

Mango La Croix
Orange is the New Black
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
X-Files
House of Cards
Once Upon a Time
Everlasting Gobstoppers
Skittles
Fringe
Friends
Olympic fanfare:

Pittsburgh Steelers uniforms
Manny Ramirez’s pants
C.C. Sabathia’s pants
David Ortiz’s pants
GOOD baseball pants wearing: Jason Varitek
Uni Watch: Neon Jerseys Not a Bright Idea
Seahawks go full Action Green
Kobe Bryant in tights

Obsessions:

Anna
Fifty Shades of Grey
Worst Bestsellers podcast

Carolyn
The Martian by Andy Weir