Originally called the Blood Runner's Money Tunnel, Pistachio Keys is read. Sh*tty Zit of the Day is introduced. First reactions on the newly formed incoming government department DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency).

Brief intro includes only use of cocaine and what do goose bumps mean? Lou shares one of the most fascinating stories, The Babymaker.

Brief review on fresh election results. Lou tells the story of a dog who became her Protector but was sadly the victim of cruelty then death.

President Elect (again) Donald J. Trump discussion including Trans and God topics. Roland Medley heard the gunshots that killed Lou's parents. Poems and disturbing details on son's death.

Lou called her dad to scare boys bothering her. Brother Tom "The Protector" worked to protect the family too. Her Uncle Matthew Albert "Deuce" Scarabin helped the family a lot and Cordy aggravated while religious Aunt Mary Scarabin, wife of John Francois Scarabin (Francois eldest child), enraged her. Fights with "The Cow."…

Heavily edited recording of Louisa Piacun Jochum on some fights and neighbors full of lice. At least one of the fights occurred in the late 1920s.

Janice Scarabin Hadley, great granddaughter of Francois Scarabin, granddaughter of Carrie Prudence Schofield and Louis Scarabin and daughter of Allen Joseph Scarabin discusses the life and tragic death of her dad. She helps clarify some of the missing details and the environment at the time.

On May 12, 1979, Allen J. Scarabin & Richard Heidel murdered each other in a New Orleans gun fight over $20.

A review of the November 5, 2024 General Election - 10 initiatives on the ballot in California. Here's how this atheist libertarian will vote.

As an organ donor, I wanted to talk directly to the medical students who will work on me as a cadaver.

Remembering early childhood in Tembagapura, Indonesia. From Manx Mouse to the ambulance tragedy to fractured leg to stolen jet fuel and lit tennis balls, take a walk down jungle lane. Not included were the sentimental times of Sulaksono teaching me guitar before Jackson and Wempy Sambuaga started coming over to teach and have lots of laughs.…

Early childhood memories of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. An unplanned review of recalled events prior to moving to Tembagapura, Indonesia in April 1976.

55 is here and had a great two and half hour conversation with my parents. I delayed planned topics but touched lightly on them such as recently realizing that Carl Jung's philosophy appears to accurately describe much of what I'm feeling and thinking.

Bask in all your Schadenfreude glory with ninety minutes of deep, seemingly incurable and immense sadness. Feels like the "drowning" has begun and sinking fast. When one can't be himself without hurting or offending another, what course of action can be taken when so many "solutions" have already failed?…

While serving as a Zone Leader in the New York Rochester Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this talk was given to a Syracuse, New York congregation on December 31, 1989 initially and then again at BYU in September 1992. Though my beliefs have changed drastically since then, this talk was a starting point to my interest in…

We're only specks in the grand scheme of things and should consider ourselves fortunate to be alive. Consider taking your painful moments into success. Some clarifications on intermittent emotional outbursts and how to interpret. Embrace you. Be you and only you.

Disgust over the Saints fall from greatness and preparation for the scary Hurricane Milton on the way to destroy Florida. Intended to cover Genesis 19 but instead expressed a lot on the psychology of depression and how it displays itself. Reference to Patrick Teahan and his observation on common symptom of childhood trauma: to be treated nicely by …

Is love over or under-rated? Reading and interpreting Genesis 18. Abraham has three strange men show up at his tent door and they tell him that Sarah, despite her old age, will have a son. Sarah laughs behind the tent but then later denies laughing.

Shared the October 3rd story from 1988 where friend Russell and I drove all the way to Panama City Beach just for the day. Ran over a dog on the way (sad). Got New York Rochester Mission call that day too. Reading and interpreting Genesis 17 which is mostly about how important it is for males to get circumcised as it's a token of the promise the Lo…

Introduction to Intro and Outro. Reading and interpreting the disturbing Genesis 16. Abram, who'd been promised to have his seed outnumber the dust, the stars and the sands of the sea, has his wife Sarai reeling from not being able to bare children. In response, Sarai notices Hagar the maid could possibly help, so she sends Abram in to rape and imp…

Reading and interpreting Genesis 15. Chapter made no sense and had some genealogy information that didn't appear to mean much. Discussed water skiing accident on Lake Pontchartrain on this date in 1984. Touched lightly on some format experiments like the intro music on this episode. Briefly touched on Iran rocket attack on Israel and the death of t…

Exhausted and recovering from emotional storm yesterday, reading and interpreting Genesis 14 is attempted with little success. Elaboration on what the details might be after passing on from this life if an afterlife existed.

From the deep waters of depression, expressions of ongoing self doubt and misery. Expectations, Betrayal and Validation are key topics. Reading and interpreting of Genesis 13 where Abram and Lot, now rich with cattle, flocks, silver and gold, begin to fight so they part ways. After Abram gives him the choice to stay or go, Lot decides to go to Jord…

Plea to the New Orleans Saints to improve and reminder that Eddie Robinson is the greatest coach EVER. Reading and interpreting Genesis 12. Lord tells Abram to leave his home with wife Sarai and followers because his seed will be blessed. They arrive and famine greets them, so they sojourn to Egypt for help but Abram is worried they'll kill him and…

Reading and interpreting the almost not consequential Genesis 11. The Lord confounds the one language that existed and makes it so there's no understanding from one "tribe" to another per se. Challenge issued to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and their leadership to convert the church into a secular organization. The Church is so w…

Covers how shyness can rob a person from experiences and it's not always avoidable if both genetics and environment feed into the condition. The embarrassment of public speaking including the story of Chemistry class and the experiment that saved face in Mr. Gus Allo's class. Reading and interpreting Genesis 10 which is mostly a nonsense chapter fi…

Reading and interpreting Genesis Chapter 9. Reviewed all the failed publications of the NFL Power Rankings for Week 3, 2024. Though all moved the Saints up many spots, it's not enough. The Saints are much better, so far, than any other team and deserve a number one spot. Saints Hater CBS' Pete Prisco has improved but remember where he started the S…

Reading and interpreting Genesis Chapter 8. Touching lightly on Saints 44-19 victory over the hapless Dallas Cowboys, the extent of deep depression and the impact of growing up with great expectations and the ensuing disappointments is covered. Verse by verse, the flood comes to an end and the first thing Noah does off the Ark is to sacrifice anima…

Reading and interpreting Genesis Chapter 6. The whole earth, including the animals, have fallen into wickedness so the Lord now has to destroy the Earth and all living things in it. Lord picks best ass licker he can find, Noah, to gather his wife, three sons, their wives and two of every animal and all the food they'll all need. Of course, many ani…

Initial intent to cover Genesis 8 is postponed to discuss some football like Saints upcoming contest in Dallas and the Tyreek Hill arrest. Hurricane Francine hit Louisiana and Mississippi overnight. On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, our dog Lucy euthanized for her cancer spreading so much that her quality of life drastically diminished. Some brief …

Few news items discussed such as Hurricane Francine, New Orleans Saints and Presidential Debate to air tonight. Reading and interpreting Genesis Chapter 7. Lord helps Noah load up the ark with all living things; clean beasts are supposed to go in sevens and dirty beasts two by two. Turns out, they're loaded in two by two, so either only dirty beast…

Reading and interpreting Genesis Chapter 5. Mostly nonsensical genealogical "records" of who begat whom. Most impressive parts are the long lives of these sons and posterity of Adam all the way to Noah. Many of the men had children while well into their hundreds. Methuselah lives to 969 years old while Enoch doesn't die at all but rather "goes with…

Reading and interpreting Genesis Chapter 4. Adam and Eve, only humans on the planet according to this story, have two children Cain and Abel. Very first human born, Cain, becomes a murderer when he slays his brother Abel. Lord doesn't want others to kill Cain as a result so he puts a mark on him (and according to Mormon's reference to Moses in the …

Reading and interpreting Genesis Chapter 3. Eve partakes of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and tempts Adam to do the same. They are cast out of the Garden of Eden but mysteriously are put back there to till the ground. Also mysterious is that by partaking of the fruit, they have fulfilled Lord God's plan anyway despite having disobeyed God'…

Reading and interpreting Genesis Chapter 2. Confusion continues as God becomes "Lord God" and creates a garden where a big river forks into four rivers, one of which is the Euphrates. The big river feeds the Garden in Eden AFTER it passes through the area. Adam is introduced and a woman is created for him from a rib. Adam is instructed that he can …

Reading and interpreting Genesis Chapter 1. The repetition and wordiness are confusing in describing God's creation of the Earth, Sky, Animals, Plants and a Male and Female human. Mankind is given full power and dominion over this new Earth.

An expressive take on the recent Mormon assault on Trans people.

Dainty and perfect, the blue Crowley Lake dragonflies created beauty and trauma.

Introspective on dental work.

Shocked to find that Gout reared its ugly head yet again despite taking Allopurinol daily for the past few years, the reason is Aspartame. Aspartame cancels out the effectiveness of Allopurinol.

A brief review of wonderful mini-vacation to Mammoth Lakes and Yosemite. Mental health, especially poor mental health, is not entertainment.

Had Covid for two miserable weeks and observations on the current U.S. Presidential race.

An Independence Day greeting suggesting that the current U.S. president is the nation's first artificial intelligence president.

Commentary on Louisiana mandating the Ten Commandments displayed in public schools.

Ongoing abdominal pain described and discussed with parents, Louis M. "DD" Scarabin, Jr. and Marilyn. Also covered old Slidell church Ward, Aunt Gail's tape published yesterday, Ted's horse dying due to someone inserted something anally into the horse, Uncle Minos and Sherri accident, Parker's trip to Alaska and the upcoming Aunt Sister wedding.…

TAPE FROM HELEN GAIL ADOLPH PORTIE. Likely from October 1978. Helen Mae Wright Adolph and Clarence Henry Adolph, Sr. They give some updates from trailer park, Clarence Lane. Winky scared PawPaw in a Halloween costume. Talked about horse birth. Helen: Marilyn forgot J.D.'s birthday who shares his birthday with Marilyn. Some mail Helen gets for D.D. …

A chance encounter with Zan the Mediocre at Walgreens gives just the burst needed to carry forward.

Unabled after a day of brick staining, a summary of the aftermath.

Rising above the Psychological Hibernation back into the real world.

Upon completing a phone call with a caring friend regarding struggles, an inexplicable physical tremble occurred.