Circling Back - A Major Announcement: We're Getting Bigger

Episode Date: March 3, 2021

Continuing the announcement streak at Washed Media, we've added to our network. Brunch is the newest Washed podcast featuring Pete Blackburn & DJ Bean as they talk TV, movies, and all things entertainment. It's basically Circling Back but with guys from Boston - we think you're gonna love it.  This week, Will is out and Brett fills in as the boys talk about the behind-the-scenes moments from acquiring a new podcast, an extremely Eastern European sport called Rugball which combines rugby and basketball that looks exactly like it sounds, Dillon's week in Cabo coming up, and breaking news featuring Space Hurricanes, Instagram likes, and the prodigal son, Luka Doncic.  Support us on Patreon and receive weekly episodes for as low as $5 per month: patreon.com/circlingbackpodcast Watch all of our full episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/washedmedia Shop Washed merch: washedmedia.shop (0:00) Fun & Easy Banter  (20:12) Brunch has joined the Washed Media Network (30:16) We commentate an entire Rugball game  (40:34) Nike Exec resigns because her son is a shithead (52:45) This Weekend In Fun  (1:06:00) Brett's Breaking News Support this episode's partners:  Liquid Death: liquiddeath.com/circling for 2 free koozies with your order Sunday: getsunday.com/steam for $20 off your customized lawn plan  LiquidIV: liquidiv.com promo code CIRCLINGBACK at checkout for 25% off your order  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/circling-back/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All right, we're back. Circling Back podcast presented by Vizzy Hard Seltzer, the only hard seltzer with vitamin C and the super fruit acerola. I'm Brett Merriman filling in for Will DeFries today. To my right, he turned his four-car garage into the premier golf facility of Central Texas. He invented the Toe Drag on the roller hockey rinks of the mid-'90s suburban Dallas. Still doing this, huh?

The undisputed king of the Texas wedge. And he once took down Thomas J. Henry in small claims court and then bought a mistake afterwards. That's Dave Ruff. Thank you, Brett. You're filling in, let me say, rather valiantly for Will. He is, I don't want to get too specific, but he's got a little bug. He's got a tummy issue.

And we're thinking good things for Will. Thinking good thoughts. He's got little tummy issues. I did not invent the toe drag on the roller hockey court. I'll say that. Some are saying I... When they talk about me, they say I perfected it. But I'm not going to say it was my creation.

Got it. You brought it over from the USSR, right? With Fedorov and those guys. That's where you... I don't talk about those years. Okay. To my left. He invented drinking a beer and weight boarding at the same time.

Facts. Big facts. He'll beat you in a wiffle ball home run derby and then steal your lunch money afterwards. Okay. He also touched rim and fractured his fibula moments apart and still managed to make baked chicken when he got home. Touched rim at 34 years old. A 34-year-old white guy. We'll say that.

It's not bad. And he's your mom's favorite podcast host that's still in Chevrolet. Wow, thank you for the – wow, thank you, Brett. I wanted to do better than last time. Have you seen the video of the old guy trying to dunk? Yeah, it's fantastic. People are comparing it to you. Yeah. I don't understand fantastic people are comparing it to you yeah what does that i don't understand first wanted to do so what's the what's the um i don't

understand what they're comparing it to though like what i don't know i don't know that guy doesn't touch rim like you oh he didn't even come close no no one touches rim like dylan thank you dave you think he's making a sexual uh i'm saying you've got a good vertical for an older feller i do have a good vertical thank Thank you. You did. 34 inches, actually. Have you tried to get rims since the injury? Yeah. I can still get rims.

Really? You got your vert back. I'll do it right now. We don't have a rim in here. We don't have to do that. I'm just going to touch it. See, where I messed up was I grabbed and I didn't touch. I just need to be a touch boy from now on.

When you grab, that's when things can go haywire, can go awry. Hey, by the way. Yeah. So Will has food poisoning. Sure. I'll tee you up for this one, Dylan. He's got tummy issues. Will and Dylan went to the same spot yesterday.

Well, we ordered in from the same spot yesterday. Should we say the name of the spot? No, no, no. I don't want to do that. Anyway. We don't know yet. We both ate at the same spot last night. I'm here.

I'm built different. That's all I'm going to say. I'm just built different. You're going to use his suffering. You know, we're two different guys. We are not the same. We are not the same. My tum-tum is doing just fine.

What'd you get? Don't call it a tum-tum. I got a, if I name the actual dish, God, a tum-tum. If I name the actual dish, it'll give away where I ate. Don't want to do that. It might be unfair to them. It's not a place we really talk about. But it's a great... I like it.

It was a bowl. It had chicken in it. Dude, you're going to give it away. Some sweet potatoes. Okay. What are those beans called? Pinto? No, not pinto. Bushes? No. Legumes? beans called? Pinto? No, not pinto. Bushes? No. Legumes?

Chickpeas, maybe? Beats me. There were no beets in there. Okay. Anyway, I'm happy to be here. Got some chickpeas. I think there were chickpeas in there. I'll just see a picture of a chickpea to confirm.

It's like the little peach guy. Yeah. Like that kind of little peach guy. Yeah. Like that kind of tan in color. Yeah. Did I tell you what he texted me after he went there last night? Was it something about his tum-tum? He said, hey, what's the difference between a garbanzo bean and a chickpea? Ooh, maybe it is a garbanzo I'm thinking of.

Dylan said, I've never had a garbanzo bean on my face. Dylan texted me that joke. I don't know if that's accurate. Let's see the receipt. Show the text, dude. You know I don't do that. I delete all texts now an hour after I get them. Oh, I dusted you.

I've got text expire. Exclusively on Telegram, right? Yes. Or CyberDust. I'm dusting, I'm telegramming, and I'm also text expire. Exclusively on Telegram, right? Yes. Or CyberDust. I'm dusting, I'm telegramming, and I'm also WhatsAppping. Dylan telegraphs where he throws the ball. He just doesn't look off safeties. That was his problem.

He could make every throw, but one time through the progression, he was done. Yeah. That's it. Do you have any words like tum-tum, Dave, that you've picked up being a father now that you call it like baby speak, I guess? Putting you on the spot here. No, not yet. I'm still working through what the appropriate nicknames for my child will be.

A lot of them are sharing a lot of the ones i use for my dog with him big baby boy huh yeah uh bubba so when you call part or roads that it does randy is randy like what the fuck uh he he gets it yeah it took him a little bit yeah i caught him off guard but good for him anytime i pick him up and sit down on the glider with him, Randy runs over, tries to get a foot lick in, kiss him on the head, then he just lays down right there in front of us. That's nice. It's a cute sitch. Want to do some programming notes, though? I'm just built different, though.

You are. Can I say something about that? So we were talking before the pod about, is it food poisoning? Or what if it's like a bug? And then Brett's like, well, I guess we'll all find out today. So now, of course, me being mentally weak, I'm like, wait, am I? How am I feeling? See, mentally I'm really strong right now because I'm just built different. So I'm pretty much just going to handle this the best way possible in all facets.

You got some good points coming today, too. Dude, the points I'm bringing. We'll see, man. The points I'm bringing are going to be so good. We'll see what Dylan's podcast performance looks like today, but it sounds like he's on another level right now. I'm just built different. The insurance company has been taking you for a ride the last couple of days, but you're

mentally tough. I'm about to cancel my insurance. I don't need it. Mid-pod. Oh, speaking of, I went to the ear doctor yesterday. Yeah. What's the prognosis? He looked in my ear.

He goes, yeah, we're going to have to clean that out. There's some stuff just compacted in there. So he got his little fancy machine out and got all the shit out. What did it do? It's a very, very specific noise. And I got a hearing test because I haven't been able to hear very well. You still 100% that bitch? He says your hearing's fine, so we're good.

Brett, of course, is referencing a popular song from Lizzo. Right. I do have to take some drops for about seven to ten days, something like that, to get the infection away. My dad has done that before where you get years of whatever sucked out of your ear, and he said that's the best feeling he's had in a long time. Damn, Shadi, okay. I don't know if mine was that serious.

He just needed to clean it up a little bit. Gotcha. Are you taking Q-tips out of your life? That's a thing they're doing now. They're canceling Q-tips. Oh, I will never cancel Q-tips out of your life? That's a thing they're doing now. They're canceling Q-tips. Oh, I will never cancel Q-tips. Why? Do they donate to Trump like the Boy of Foods or whatever?

Yeah, they have to rebrand the Q-tip. But no, they say it's worse because it pushes stuff into your ear more than it pulls out. It's so satisfying when you have a productive one. It is. You pull it out and you look at it and you're like yep glad i did that make a candle out of that am i right it's a earwax joke oh dude that's not that gross if if gwyneth paltrow can have a um a v scented candle we can have a candle made out of earwax yeah they were testing my hearing i was like i'm fine they're like man you're just different

i was like all right let's go did they say, man, you're just different. I was like, all right, let's go. Did they say how your ear got so clogged up? Do you think maybe it was from having your head up your ass for so long? I think it's water. I don't let my ears drain like they're supposed to. I should have probably gotten tubes in my ears when I was a kid. Your canals are different. My canals are just a little different.

I had tubes as a baby. And so I probably should have. And so I'm paying for it now by going to the doctor once a year for my ear infections. It's trash shit. I had tubes. That's for Will. We're getting by. Are you out on swimming then?

You just can't dunk that head? I swim, but I immediately have to do the swimmer's ear or rub alcohol afterward. Oh, dude. Do you think this is from when we were playing pool basketball and I kept dunking you? I dunked on you, then I just dunked you and held you under? He's got a point. We've never played pool basketball and I kept dunking you? I dunked on you, then I just dunked you and held you under? He's got a point. We've never played pool basketball together. Pretty sure.

Wait, are you pool volleyball or pool basketball? I'm the best pool volleyball player you will ever know. Yeah. Okay. That wasn't on your intro. When I'm in the water,

I'm just different. You're really rolling with this one. Just real different. If the ball is, like, if someone sets me up, like, it's going down real hard on the other side. Real, real hard. But you're only as good as, like, the partner setting you up.

If I have a trash partner, then we're not going to be good. But I need someone I can trust. Someone who knows how to set. Bump, set, spike. That's the way we like it. You know what I'm saying? You got nothing for that. Emphasis on bump.

Cocaine. Yeah. Before basketball game. Dave used to do so much cocaine back in the day he was just built different Dylan's really turning the tables today wills wills gone and Dylan's

just taking the reins it's just program that was the best intro we've had did you even intro Dylan yeah yeah you did you gave him it lasted three minutes the whole setup go ahead what's pretty good for the notes

please follow circling back pod and watch media on both the gram and the Twitter It lasted three minutes, the setup. Go ahead. That's pretty good for the notes. Please follow Circling Back Pod and Wash Media on both the Gram and the Twitter. David, are you followable? No, I somehow don't follow the podcast. Leave a review and a five-star rating and tell a friend about the podcast or go to youtube.com slash wash media to watch all of our faces do the podcast and other random videos that we'll be doing. Who's Oliver Faces? Oliver Faces?

He's down the hall. Oh, he's not the guy next door. And we also posted this link on the Patreon, Reddit, and Discord. Fill out your brackets for Bit Madness. Starts up maybe next week, maybe the weekend after. I don't know. God, our bits are just different. Our bits are mad.

Have you filled out your bracket yet, Dylan? I haven't. I'm excited because I have not jumped into that thread because the thread had like 100 comments on it already, and I was like, nope, I'm not going through that. I'm actually pretty disappointed I won't be here next week for the start of that. You'll get to pick. Just do your picks before.

Okay, bet. Yeah, please. I'm asking. Somebody, a friend of the show, is bummed that they did not make the bracket this year. Ooh. That is... Klein? Klein?

It's Flounder. It's Flounder. Oh. He thought his tracksuit Italian restaurant would be good enough to get it. But I think that was only... Those are flash in the pan, though. We didn't talk about it enough. We did it on Patreon, too.

Oh, okay. It's tough. That's a tough brick. NIT. He's taking the NIT home, for sure. Yeah, nobody's beaten that. No. He's still...

His internet connection might have been worse than mine. Your other bits might not even show, for sure. Yeah, no way he's beaten that. No. His internet connection might have been worse than mine. The other bits might not even show up for that. His internet connection was worse than yours. Yeah, it came up and just, it was like frozen on the dead animal that he has,

animals that he has hanging on his wall in the man cave. It's a wonderful room of death. That's what he calls it. That was the perfect sideway into our first sponsor, but I'll save it. Dylan, you know

what tonight is? We have a happy hour. Happy hour live. Happy hour live. Sponsored by Vizzy, I believe. Sponsored by Vizzy, the official

hard seltzer of circling back. A couple special guests on there, too. I don't know if I can make it. I got Mavs Thunder tonight, baby.

Close out that first half of the season. I'll be on. I'll be on. I'm kidding. I'll try to be on. Thanks, Dave. You don't have if I can make it. I got Mavs Thunder tonight, baby. Close out that first half of the season. I'll be on. I'll be on. I'm kidding. I'll try to be on. Thanks, Dave. You don't have to stay long.

We just pop in, pop out. It's at the new guys anyway. It's a happy hour. They're better than me. It's like an office happy hour where you're there for 12 minutes. You say that. I'm going to have one drink. And then you're texting with your buddies who are at a better bar.

You go meet them. Yeah. Yeah. Or it gets lit enough that you're like, hey, come by Happy Hour. Dude, y'all come by here, man. Yeah, like accounting's leaving the tab open for a bit. I don't know. Your buddy hits on one of your coworkers.

Like, dude, you can't do that. It's going to be weird tomorrow. Can you stop? And then it starts a months-long relationship that you have to middleman. And your buddy ends up dating your coworker. And then it breaks your heart heart and it's a whole issue. Next thing you know. Where that's happened before. Yeah, that's

not specific. No. Patreon. It's very relatable for me. Okay. On Tuesdays we do Bachelor and R&B radio stuff. On Fridays we do listener voicemails. Of which they've been very good the last couple weeks.

Let me say this. Oh, yeah, they're just hitting different these days. And catch some teasers dropping, too, early in the month, Dylan. I'm going to say it. Dylan's in his bag. I'm about to secure it, too, bitch. Oh, he's doing. You're doing the Superman.

Dave says it's like putting a backpack on. Yeah, it's like when you put the straps on. But it's also what Cam Newton does for the Superman. Yeah, he's like putting a backpack on. Yeah. It's like when you put the straps on. But it's also what Cam Newton does for the Superman. Yeah, he's ripping it open. What's the kid's name? Chance Mott? I don't know. The Mizzou quarterback.

It's also. No, the Broncos. Drew Locke. Why did I say Chance Mott? Who the fuck is Chance Mott? He's a former Texas quarterback. Right before Vince Young. You were maybe going Matty Mott. Chance Mott. I just referenced Chance Mott. He's a former Texas quarterback. Right before Vince Young. You were maybe going Matty Mock.

I just referenced Chance Mock. I'm sorry. I will suspend myself from too much dip. That's a very egregious mistake. Drew Locke, not Chance Mock. Chance Mock weirdly was mentioned this week, I think.

I think KJ dropped the name. That sounds like KJ. The Cage Man, I call him. I's it. I think KJ dropped the name. Oh, there it is. That sounds like KJ, the cage man, I call him. I don't call him that. I've never heard you call him that. I don't do that. I don't know if you would want that. I do miss his intimidating trapezius sitting across the table from me. KJ?

Yeah. He's got great lats. He's a former college athlete. And great traps and great arms. I am going to sell space on his arms, if that's cool with you. Please do. It'll go to the too much dip account. We should probably stop on objectifying

watch media people. We got a little bit of trouble Monday. I don't understand why y'all do that. You're going to get us in trouble. Do you run the HR account? No. I don't think y'all want me running that thing. I'd have to discipline myself.

You know what I do want you running on, Dylan? Can you help me out here? Oh, we got a new sponsor alert. New sponsor. This stuff is awesome. Liquid death. Liquid death. I want you running on liquid death.

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I think Dave's out here getting one. I've got to say it. I'm not going to just sit here and not murder my thirst. Wow. Okay. The aggressive branding of the liquid death, I'm so on board with it. Hey, just murdered my thirst, right? Murder your thirst.

Okay, just imagine your thirst is just sitting there and you're letting it live. Like, absolutely not. You have to murder it. No, I just curb stomp my... And you do that with a liquid death. Thirst. By now, everyone knows you're supposed to drink lots of No, I just curb stomp my... And you do that with a liquid death. Thirst. By now, everyone knows you're supposed to drink lots of water, Dylan. Obviously.

Yeah. I drink way too much water. I'm trying to do 100 ounces a day. It's my 100 ounces a day challenge. I'm trying to do 800 ounces of water a day. It's going pretty well so far. I don't think that's recommended. No.

What are you, TB12? I think he does 300, which is still absurd. Do we going pretty well so far. I don't think that's recommended. TB-12? I think he does 300, which is still absurd. Do we drink enough water? No. But liquid death can help you out with that, Dylan. Because not only is it murdering your thirst, it's sparkling. Gives you a little wiggle to it. Well, they have both. They have still and sparkling.

You think they're going to zig and they zag. Right, right. Can I read from the can? Sure. Our proprietary thirst murdering process begins with liquid death forming a rope of veins that will wrap around your thirst's head and strangle it. Once liquid death reaches your thirst's brain, all of your thirst's memories will be replaced with repeating loops of its own head imploding. It goes on like this. Goodness. It's all on the side of the can.

Here's a true story. I had a case of this stuff in the fridge at the crib. I had family over for Parks and Sils, a little birthday celebration. Sure. And I offered one family member a liquid death. Like here. It's water. It's really good water. Try it.

It's from the Alps. Before I knew it, they had cleaned me out. What? My whole family was like, I want liquid death. I want to murder my thirst. I was like, here, murder it. Family of serial killers. Murder your thirst.

Not a thirst left in the whole building. Come on. That was crazy. Come on. to murder my thirst. I was like, here, murder it. A family of serial killers. Murder your thirst. Not a thirst left in the whole building. Come on. That was crazy. Come on. Massacre of thirst. They cleaned me out. The problem is so many of us go through life dehydrated. And by the time you feel thirsty, you're already dehydrated.

My high school hockey coach hammered that into us. If you're thirsty, you're already 10% dehydrated, Dave. You know that? I've heard that. You mind giving me a chug real quick? Just again, so the people at home can hear how refreshing this is. This thirst has been murdered. That's the sound of thirst dying.

If that's not an endorsement, a ringing endorsement, I don't know what is. That's the sound of thirst becoming deceased. I just called in a drone strike on my thirst. Not only does it murder your thirst, it's an easier to chug can. It's quite chuggable. It's got the wide mouth and no cap, so you just finish it. Yeah. It's got the Dillon.

Feels good in your hand compared to other waters. It doesn't have the slippery, plasticky feeling. And we're declaring death to plastic. That's what we're doing with Liquid Death. Rest in peace, thirst, and plastic. Yeah, Liquid Death is just all about killing. It's 100% mountain water from the Alps. None of that processed tap water like most major bottled brands.

It's tapped at the source, purified, while keeping 100% of the original mineral profile. Dave, you're a big mineral profile guy. I am. And by minerals, we mean electrolytes, not just good for you, they murder your thirst. Imagine just quenching your thirst and not taking your thirst out back and cutting its head off.

Just spilling its blood all over the backyard. Like, that's not how I'm doing things in 2021. Dave's walking around his neighborhood with one of these things, and his buddies are like, oh, you're drinking a beer out there, walking around. He's like, nope. I mean, it looks like an aggressively branded,

even for like a hard seltzer or an energy drink. Sure. But it's just dope-ass water. Dope-ass water. That's murdering thirst. Dude, every time I hydrate, I'm catching bodies. God, I just... If you're looking for some of this stuff, hop in Whole Foods or 7-Eleven.

Or if you've been to Texas like we have, it's in Walmart. Hell yeah, man. Go in there. I don't even need a mask. So here's the deal. Here's how you can murder your thirst with us. Get two free koozies with your first order of any case of water at liquiddeath.com slash circling. Just hit up their merch store.

Add the two-pack koozie to your cart. You'll get it free with your first case. That's liquiddeath.com slash circling. Randy, you okay over there, buddy? Did you kick the desk? It sounded like a shin contact, and it sounded painful. Randy's had a little

mica in him lately with the distractions. Yeah, just because Micah's semi-retired for the next few weeks doesn't mean you have to pick up for him. I listened to that part of the pod, and he's retiring from content but also doing a shit ton of content. He announced that he is finished with content, followed by announcing that he's still very much producing content. Is this like a Gronk retirement where he just hawks CBD for the next year and then he's back in winning titles?

Very much so. I can see that happening. Hey, major announcement alert. Speaking of winning titles. Major, major announcement alert. Listen to Brunch, a podcast by DJ Bean and our friend Pete Blackburn. I guess they're both our friends now. Sure are.

And join the WASH Media Network. Let's go! Add me on the group! Yeah. A podcast by DJ Bean and our friend Pete Blackburn. I guess they're both our friends now. Sure are. Yeah, dude. And join the WASH Media Network. Let's go. Add me on the group. You have a hype horn button over there? Randy actually installed one. I don't know how to get to it, but Randy installed one. You could just bring like a real air horn.

See, this is where we need Will. Will's mastered the board. Will would have had an air horn. Brett, you're doing a great job. You're doing a heck of a job. I'm more of a skier anyway. But very exciting. Okay. Very huge, very exciting doing a great job. You're doing a heck of a job. I'm more of a skier anyway. Very exciting. Very huge, very exciting, very massive news for us.

We haven't added a pod in a long time. And these guys, friends of mine from back in the day, Dave and y'all had hopped on their stuff recently. We've had Pete on a couple of Happy Hour Lives. Yep. And at some point. We made a decent enough impression with him that he wants to work with us. A lot of people that I consider to be A-team listeners of our podcast. Yeah.

We're already fans of this podcast. And they were like reaching out to me like, oh, you need to get these guys. Yeah. Check these guys out. Judging by the response on social media so far, and they posted a video I think a couple hours ago, people are very excited for this. A lot of congrats being thrown around.

And to all the people being like, hey, does this mean like Pete or DJ is going to replace Dylan on the pod? I'm like, no, dude. It's not what it means. Just some people. Barstool Big Cat said that. Oh, really? Wow. Like the biggest Big Cat said that. Oh, really? Wow.

Damn, dude. Like the biggest. That's crazy. I saw where Rogan was talking about it on his recent VOD. Yeah, really? Did you see Tiger Woods put up another tweet? Was it about the WASH media? It was about Dylan.

Okay. Really, that's interesting. Yeah, he goes, hey, Dylan no longer has the biggest social media following. The Wash Network, tough day. That is tough, man. For Tiger to, yeah, wow. You have to change your LinkedIn, Dylan. A lot of time on his hands.

So listen to Brunch, folks. This is their bio on Twitter. Neurotic pop culture from the original Bad Boys of Podcasting. I listened to some episodes. I thought we were the original bad boys of podcasting. I listened to some episodes. I thought we were the original bad boys of podcasting. Apparently, allegedly, they were first. We're the baddest boys of podcasting. They're just the original bad boys.

We're the baddest bitches of podcasting. We're the baddest bitches of podcasting. I listened to a couple episodes, two or three. They talk about pop culture in a way I'm completely incapable of. Okay. Hopefully that makes enough sense. They're just different. They just know what the hell they're talking about,

whereas I just kind of bullshit my way through a conversation about that kind of stuff. But they actually know what they're talking about. They can get into the weeds on a show and talk about the technical things about it without making my eyes glaze over. Sure. And they kind of fit our vibe where it's a little inside jokey. You listen to a couple episodes and it gets funnier as you go on. A little tangent on you.

Yeah. You're not afraid of it. They will tangent on you. That's what I like. I don't need somebody to stick to the script. I don't. That's why we hired them. Acquired them. Acquired them.

Acquired them. Hopefully don't have to fire them. Oh. What? This is rhymed. Just going with the rhyme. Come on, man. These motherfuckers spitting.

Their announcement video was pretty fantastic, by the way. Yes. What's the name of the actor? Brad Garrett. Brad Garrett, the tall guy from Everybody Loves Raymond. 6'8". Yeah, he's a big fella. He's funny, man.

That was great. How did they get him, man? Do they know him? Dude, it's crazy how that happened. These guys are connected. Please ignore the cameo water print on the video because they didn't pay for it. Fire up the HR machine.

Has anybody talked to Pete about like his muscular large arms? Yeah. I don't really understand. I don't think he got the memo. I was very distraught when I saw kind of an old picture of him, seeing that he had like 28-inch biceps. Yep. But luckily and thankfully he has since kind of got,

he knows that they're out of style, I think. Okay. So he's backed off the curls a little bit. He went from curling like 65 – like wrapping out at 65 pounds with a dumbbell to like 25, just like – He's just doing low rep, high weight. He's just staying toned. Low weight, high rep. Yeah, he just –

What? Yeah. Whatever. We know what you're trying to say. Yeah, I think he mentioned about a year ago when the pandemic hit, he went from working out every day to supplementing that time with cigarettes and beer. Oh, that's good. Yeah. That's really good.

One fancies himself a cig smoker, eh? He's got an Amber Alert. Oh, no. He's got really distracted. I got that earlier. I've gotten so many of those lately, man. I hope everybody's okay. But I'm excited to have brunch.

It kind of fills a niche. Dylan's gotten a few Amber alerts, he says. I have, man. From Amber? Jeez, Brett, don't take it there. I was doing a 311 thing. No, I wasn't. This podcast right now is operating at a very high level.

And I think Dylan's the catalyst. Yeah, I'm just different. Got that ear cleaned out. Yeah. Ear cleaned out, new pod to the netty wow brett's in here doing what brett does what does that i'm whole i've got to pee again again everything yeah it's the liquid death i murdered my thirst a little too my tummy put on an absolute show last night like just crazy oh man. Pete's a good follow on Twitter, too. So we'll lay it out. At Pete Blackburn on Twitter.

At DJ Bean on Twitter. At Listen to Brunch on Twitter. This DJ Bean fella can play the guitar, huh? Have you listened to Vineyard Nights? Dude, listen to Vineyard Nights, Dad. On these Vineyard Nights. He's very good. He's got some bops.

He's very talented. Wait, he sings as well? Oh, yeah. Dude, yeah. Dude, yeah. Dude, I thought I was going to be the most talented musician in watch media, but you're like fifth or sixth. You're probably the best drummer. Yeah, I know my way around a snare drum and a gong,

as long as the said gong is in the Christmas pageant in sixth grade, and I have to hit it once in an ode to joy. True story. i crushed it though i feel like you would also played the triangle in a three-person ensemble what were the other two instruments um i don't know but one of the one of the lady the girls in um in the ensemble is like a world-class drummer she was perennial first chair and i had no business doing it with her nice i sounded weird i had no business doing it with her. Nice. I sounded weird. I had no business being in the ensemble with her.

I probably brought the team down. Oh, and our third guy who was supposed to do it with us, this is competition on the weekend, he just didn't show up. So we had to perform without him and she was crushed. That's brutal. It was brutal. You're missing a whole other part. The song's incomplete. Yeah, it's

two-thirds of the song. Dave, any comments on the deal that we made? I don't comment on deals publicly. I just know that deals were done. Yeah. I want to thank everybody involved, Boomer, everybody, Pete, DJ. Excited. Very excited to have them aboard.

They'll be doing a lot of stuff with us, I think. We're going to do a watched media thing tonight. Yeah, they'll be on the live stream. They're going to be on with us. Maybe DJ can do a song for us. We'll put them on the spot and make it really awkward. Hey, man, just play a couple songs real quick. We'll just sit here while you play.

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It's really good. And if you're new here, maybe you're a bruncher who's listening to Circling Back for the first time, welcome. Because they have a little bit of an audience, too. It's not a brand new podcast. Right. Oh, yeah, of course. How long have they been doing it? I think like five years. 45 years. jeez that's longer than us yeah that's that's a really long time these guys are significantly younger

than dylan and i right uh i think dj and peter like 30 29 30 okay so younger than me significantly younger than dylan right right older than you well Well, it was funny. I was thinking about it the other day where like Parks, Rhodes, and Will's yet-to-be-named child, it's kind of the same as y'all. Right? In age? No, it's weird because like Dave and I are like the same age and everything.

Aren't you 37? We're nine months apart. So for three months out of the year, we are the same age. Okay. We're the same age. So we're the same age. We are not the same. We're different, but same.

Have you seen the interview? I had a psychology, high school psychology teacher who used to say that. And I would always be like, dude, we get it, man. Like that was his thing. What'd he say?

He would say, we are same, but we are different. And like it was supposed to be some like headoding thing we're supposed to think about all semester. And he never really tied it together. In the interview. He used to pee in the bathroom. James Franco's characters. They get to North Korea.

He gets off the plane. He's like, same, but different. It's fucking funny, man. I've never seen the interview. Oh, it's hilarious. It's a good one. It's hilarious. James man. I've never seen the interview. Oh, it's hilarious. It's a good one. It's hilarious. James Franco is so funny in that movie.

I just don't think that North Korea is a laughing matter. It is, though. Dylan's boy. It is if you think about it the right way. Dude, we're never going to... I mean, it's tragic. The whole situation is tragic. What did he call him?

The Rocket Man? Yes. That's on the greatest hits list call him? The whole situation is tragic. What did he call him? The Rocket Man? Yes. That's on the greatest hits list, right? That's on his Spotify, his go-to. Yeah, absolutely. Rocket Man. Was it Little Rocket Man? Little Rocket Man.

Little Ben Sass. You've got to watch that movie, Dave. It's fun. I'll check it out. Anyway, listen to Brunch. Welcome. Yes. Moving on.

Have you guys seen this sport called rug ball, Dave? Is it rug or reg? I've seen both spellings. Both? Yes. Both spellings on the internet. You've seen both of them. Okay.

Randy, do you have the clip? Oh, I think Pete might be a both guy also. He is He's a Boston They're both Boston guys, right? They're both in Boston Yeah I don't know if we should play the clip

Since it's pretty much all just visual And not much audio that goes along with it We can just have it running Yeah, okay Just turn the sound off, Randy So this is rugball It looks to be a Russian combination of basketball It's rugby basketball.

These guys are all 5'8". Dribbling, not required. It's just a bunch of scrums on a basketball court. Yep, and then you can throw moving screens all you want. Oh, there's a little shoving. He dropped the ball to lock him up. Not a ref to be seen. I think it's no rules.

Oh, there's a ref. There's a couple of refs, yeah. Dylan, are you team blue or team red? Oh, I'm team red after seeing that. So I think this closer resembles how basketball originated than what we're seeing on today's NBA. Back at Austin High School, was this what you were watching your boys do? I didn't go to Austin High School, first of all.

Secondly, I played basketball in the 90s. So, no. Very different. None of these guys get rimmed, though. No, no. They're built like wrestlers. That's what they look like. Oh!

Well, they're wearing the wrestling leotard. You can't take someone down on a hard court like that. What are you doing? Yes, you can. Unless you're in, like, Belarus. This is reg ball. I guess, man. Where is this?

This is a former Soviet. Based on the writing on that guy's shirt, yeah, it's certainly. This has got Ukraine written all over it. These guys were all. Oh, that guy's got. Oh, that's wet. Whoa. Damn.

That was wet. Wetty like I'm Shaq. Can they dunk? These guys can't dunk. Great question. I'd like to see. I want like a catchphrase here. If you try and go for a dunk, you'll just get your legs taken out.

And boom goes the dynamite. That's on there somewhere. Final score, seven to four. There's just no scoring. Oh, dude, you can't just let him get to the ground. Wide open. That was the most unathletic layup I've ever seen oh 55 oh throw it down oh that was a chance it's just us narrating that guy's not dunking then no one's dunking this yeah i'm not playing this game do you remember a game a arcade game in the late 80s early 90s called arch rivals

you can't oh yeah where you could just punch and tackle. I love that game. It was a great game. Yeah. Kind of reminds me of this. It turned into MLB Slugfest. Played that in the early 2000s. And then later on Blitz. NFL Blitz. That was the progression of violence in sports. 8-4. It really was 8-4.

I was joking when I said that. Randy, can you translate? Where are these teams from? Randy, what are you doing? English. Eastern Europe. Great doing? Eastern Europe. Great guess. Eastern Europe.

He's probably right. Yeah. That's fun. That's a fun little game that I will never be participating in. I thought you could take it to the lane on anybody. Oh, I can. I just, you know, I don't. Dude, those guys would line you up.

They've been balding since they were 15. Why are all those dudes just in the middle of male pattern baldness? They all just completely skip cutting season. It's just, it's bulking season year round for those guys. Those guys look like

every high schooler who's like lifted for six weeks then discovers creatine. And they just bloat. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. No definition,

but the muscles are there. No, just retaining water. Yeah. Just dick boy season year round jolly that's hot on the internet so i'm sure barstool will have a red ball tournament and in the near future oh i'm in no i'm not going to sign up for a red ball tournament that seems like a great way to to just like break a hip or something should we send randy to russia

to get like a red ball story? He's kind of got the red ball build. He's got the traps. He's got the ass for it, that's for sure. KJ might be able to play in that league. KJ's too tall. He'd be four inches taller than everybody, but he'd hold his own. People forget KJ's like 6'2".

6'3"? 6'2". He's taller than you, right? Well, I should know. I'm the height guy. Yeah, he's taller than me3"? 6'2". He's taller than you, right? Well, I should know. I'm the height guy. Yeah, he's taller than me. Guess his height right now. He's 6'1 1⁄2".

Oh, I'm rounding up. Text him right now. All right, I will. We'll do this live. Don't go on to a new segment until he texts me back. I was going to do an ad read if that's cool. He's going to round up. He's going to say 6'2", but that means he's 6'1 1⁄2".

Just saying. He's going to be like, why's going to say 6'2", but that means he's 6'1 1⁄2". Just saying. He's going to be like, why? Tell him we have to know. Anyway. You really can't move on. I was kidding. You know what you have to know, Dylan? How to take care of your lawn.

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You had like A-plus nutrients. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. My soil is dope. They gave me a dope score for the soil. But you had like a C-minus on, I think it was like your clay deposits. You put me on the spot. I got to pull it up.

How's your foundation? It's a good foundation, David. There's soil here in central Texas. You never know. It's good soil. Yeah. Yeah. Dave's, for some reason, Dave's backyard had like a little gold like star on it.

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Yeah, I couldn't be more accurate here. He said, I'm sure it's measured at 6'1 and 5'8 or some shit. See? How perfect. God, I'm so fucking good at this. It's ridiculous. How could I? Didn't I say it first?

No, you said 6'2 or 6'3. I say 6'1 and a half, and that was perfect. He didn't say 6'1 and a half. He said 6'1 and 5'8. 5'8 does not equal. Do a basic fraction. I mean, it's... I'll do it real quick.

Okay, I'm off by an eighth of an inch. Like, okay, that's pretty perfect. That's pretty perfect, David. 0.625. God, I'm so good, dude. Oh, my gosh. Dylan, is there a scenario where Parched, you fired from WASH Media? Hopefully this is leading into a segment it is okay uh this nike executive her name is ann hebert this was all the rage on the twitter

yesterday ann hebert has made a decision to resign from nike her reasoning uh her son Reseasoning. Her son, this guy, I don't want to get the name wrong. I think his name is Joe. It is. That's a weird name for a young man. I thought you were going to say something like, yeah, like totally off the wall, but it's just Joe. That's not a name most people struggle with. I wanted to say John, but I wanted to make sure that we got that correct. Credit where it's due. We made sure that we got that correct. Your credit words do. Joe Hebert ran up $132,000 in credit card debt on his mom's credit card.

Getting discounted shoes? Getting discounted shoes, discounted Nikes, and then reselling them. This would be like Parks ordering, using our employee discount code for our merch. You're taking it to school and selling out-of-office shirts for full price. Just slinging it on the side. Fell off the back of a truck. 30 grand worth of. That'd be a problem.

Yeah. This all ties back to Dylan doing Chevrolet's credit card. This woman was no, she wasn't just like a regional manager. No, no, no. She was a big dog. She was a VP overseeing its North American business. She was somebody who has a credit card that can put $132,000 on it in the morning. It must have been a black card.

I saw a picture of a kid on Twitter yesterday posing with a couple of girls in front of a bunch of J's. Is that what it looked like? Sure. Is that the kid? Good question, Dylan. Yeah? Okay, that went kind of high, I think. And now I know why.

What a little shithead, man. She was unaware of this? Then he did this. The whole thing is he did a story with Bloomberg about it. And was like, don't leave the part out about my mom. I don't want people knowing. And I guess people figured it out. What are you doing?

But did the mom know that he was doing this? If she's complicit in this, then she's a scumbag. Because if she, I mean, it's hard not to notice 30, how much was it? $130,000. Okay, she obviously knew about it. She probably knew it was messed up, but she's probably like, man, keep the kid out of trouble. If this is, you know what I mean? Like, whatever.

If she knew about it, and she has her executive Nike discount, and he's just getting these things for half price and whatnot, then that is just egregious. Some brought up the six pairs of rare Nike mags, which sell for over $12,000 each, that he said he'd randomly discovered in a storage unit in January 2020, speculating they were obtained through more nefarious reasons and means. Okay, did he buy all these in one massive order,

or was he spread out over a long time? Because if it's spread out, she has no excuse not to notice what's going on here. I think it must be a little bit of both because now I'm seeing Bloomberg's piece on Joe Hebert. His business describes him using bots to compromise online launches, mentioning that he rang up $132,000 in one morning for a launch of Kanye West's.

This has been a long play. Do you think that she just didn't know because $132,000 on her credit card is nothing? She doesn't even check the statement. You can't be so rich that you don't notice $132,000. What if she's got it like that? No, that's... What's the credit card company that sees that

and they're like, oh yeah, that's fine. No flags here. If she was aware and complicit, she absolutely should resign. Like, no question about it. Oh, she's... This is fucked up. This is...

Yeah, you can't do this shit, man. What a little shithead this kid is. Joe Hebert, you little shithead. I'll say it. You're a shithead, dude. Are you sure it's pronounced Joe? It could be Hue. I was having some trouble with it.

19-year-old kid. Like the... What an asshole. The peak shithead age. Yeah. 19 year old kid like the what an asshole the peak shithead age yeah yeah he's riding the wheelhouse for shittiness yeah

I mean this is more so on the mom of course like you can't you can't let your shithead kid get away with this stuff I mean 19 years old you're gonna take liberties

you're gonna try to be a dickhead and try to make money whatever I mean I'm not saying what he did was okay but the mom is more to blame here he was reselling these sneakers and pulling in as much as $600,000

a month. That is a significant amount. At some point, are you just like, yeah, go off, dude. The mom is just, she's letting this happen because it's making more than the mom. Did no one at Nike notice this was happening? Like, yo, what's-her-name has really taken advantage of our

employee discount system. What is she doing with all these shoes? I mean, someone's gother-name is really taking advantage of our employee discount system. I don't know. What is she doing with all these shoes? I mean, someone's got to notice that at some point. I've only read the one Complex article. Now I'm realizing there's a lot more to this story. It's quite complex. Yes.

And Hebert. Hebert. Hebert, which is how that's pronounced sometimes. Is T-Bob Hebert still in the lead? Wait, people pronounce that Hebert? Yeah. I've never known anybody with that. Dylan's French,-Bob Hebert still in the lead? Wait, people pronounce that A-Bear? Yeah. I've never known anybody with that. Dylan's French, so.

A-Bear. But I went to college and you... Yeah. He pronounces it Hebert. That's the only Hebert I've ever known. Right. But A-Bear I think is a more common way. It's whether you want to use the dialect of origin or not.

You know, it's whatever, Dave. Is this little shithead going to have a movie made? I feel like this is- Jonah Hill buys the rights to this. Yeah, this is one of those where it's bad publicity, but it's going to end up being good for the kid. Like Wolf of Wall Street-esque? This kid is just going to... Whatever interview he goes into down the line, he's going to

be like, yeah, I fucking flipped 600 grand a month and shit. Yeah. I wonder if she got to keep her ownership in the company here, stock options. I'm assuming she had some. Sounds like she was pretty happy. She was a VP, GM level for like six months. So she was brand new. There's no legal recourse here, right?

That's sad. The laws were broken, right? I don't think so. I don't think any laws were broken. Because I think reselling sneakers is very... Maybe on her end, yeah. Depends. Okay.

I don't know. I don't like it. Dan, that's a bummer. She's been in the job for six months. Nike's got to pay attention to what's going on right under their own noses, though. I mean, you can't let shit like this happen. Shit like this is why I don't get too into the sneaker game, just because the resale market's so absurd,

and I'm always like, man, there's something shady going on. The one time I hopped in and tried to get a new drop, it was when the Luca signature shoe dropped, and I ended up getting in and it was the last time i ever tried to hop in and do it well until the nba top shot thing obviously didn't work out for me or you only had 63 000 people in front of me in line um it's the lowest i've seen yeah but the whole thing seems dirty this kid kid wasn't, I mean, according to these articles, he wasn't even trying to hide it. He called the Bloomberg guy from a phone number registered to his mom.

Yeah, he's an idiot. The Bloomberg guy looked it up. He's a 19-year-old. He doesn't, like, you think you're invincible. Oh, yeah. He probably still does. He's probably like, oh, I got clout now. Yeah, this Bloomberg piece, like, they're describing does. He's probably like, oh, I got clout now.

Yeah, this Bloomberg piece, they're describing him as a college dropout, which I'm guessing he really was. But it's not like some bootstrap story where he's just like, man, this is my last thing. I got to do something. His mom was a VP. Unbelievable. I hate this.

She should be ashamed. I'm sure she is. Hopefully hate this. She should be ashamed. I'm sure she is. Hopefully she is. But this kid, he's going to be fine because he made like a bot network. He used his mom's credit card and then made bank on that. Why don't you just use the profits that you made off like the first month's drop to keep going? I don't know. Anyway. You've got to be satisfied with that first 600K or whatever.

You've got to be. You went full Walter White, man. Couldn't get out. Gracious. Oh, shithead. Little shithead. You guys want to do This Weekend in Fun? Ooh.

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I don't even sleep. Yeah, I know. You have a child. A brand new one. Yeah, my child is my business. I'm more about that. And I'm raising it. Okay.

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Okay. We'll talk about that later. Poor mood. Ooh, yeah. He's securing the bag. And unhappiness. Ooh, yeah. He was texting me earlier.

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Friday which is the first day of the weekend typically we need to we need to drop that sound bite in here

ladies and gentlemen you want me to just do it? yeah do it Dave ladies and gentlemen weekend You want me to just do it? Yeah, do it, Dave. Ladies and gentlemen, a weekend. Randy, can we gift that? Oh, man.

You know what? Actually, let me customize it. Ladies and gentlemen, Dylan's weekend. Oh, wow. What an honor. The weekend starts on Thursday, Dylan. Everybody knows this. I have Parks on Friday.

I get three days in a row with him, and that is because I am leaving for Cabo on Sunday. Oh, Cabo. You and Witten and Bobby Carpenter. Yeah, yeah. You have the Zeke invite? Anyway. Before your time. So I planned a solo vacation.

I planned this a couple months ago, I guess. I mean, really excited to go on my first solo vacation. The first two nights are going to be solo. However, someone is meeting me down there. Okay. Dave, I'm out next week, too. Brett. No, that's not Brett. It's Pete Blackburn. I met a young lady. That would be tight if it was Pete, though. out next week, too. Brett. No, that's not Brett.

It's Pete Blackburn. I met a young lady. That would be tight if it was Pete, though. I met a young lady. He probably fucks in Cabo. And she is going to hear this and listen to you talk about it. I'm sorry. Does she listen to the pod? Not you, Pete.

She'll listen to this part, yeah. But she is going to meet me down there for the last three nights of the trip. Wow. Yeah. Things are going very well, as you can imagine, joining me on my vacation. And I'm so excited. I can't wait. I'll be gone all next week.

The Discord's already buzzing. Yeah, I'm a little, like, I think she might be kind of freaked out by our, the backers. I mean, not like freaked out, but like. Don't do the backers. No, no, no freaked out, but like, don't do the backers. No, no, not like, she's,

I don't know. She, what were you saying? I said she doesn't know about Back Nation. Oh, I thought you said something else.

I'm trying to fill her in slowly, but, no, Jesus. Come on, man. She knows that we have a, that's not that we have a very dialed fan base.

I don't want to freak her out by, you know, like, Hey, look, here she is. Wait until you post your first gram. It'll happen at some point. Did you see? We didn't even talk about Instagram got rid of likes. Ooh. Wait, what?

That was my breaking news. They're gone. Oh, was it? Sorry. We'll talk about that later. On God? Yeah, on God. Wait, I can't do numbers anymore?

We'll get to that in a minute. Just talk about your fucking trip. Anyway, that's it. I can't wait. I'm so excited. Well, you're gone for a week. What's the itinerary? Are you just going to chill?

Are you playing golf? I'm doing two different hotels. Yeah. No, I'm not playing golf. I'm just going to straight chill. I'm going to bring a book. I'm going to post up. You're not even going to mob? I don't want to mob. Dude, I want to relax and do

nothing. I want to unplug. Oh, I'm getting a massage. I'm just going to unplug the old brain and just chill, man. Can't wait. Alright. I got to swim up sweet. That's sweet. It's cool, huh? You can swim right up to your suite. That's sweet. It's cool, huh? You can swim right up to your suite. Yeah.

That's how that works. Dumb ass, you've never even been on one. I haven't. I haven't. Dylan almost invited me like a month ago, and he's like, actually, I'm just going to go by myself. Dude, imagine walking up to your suite. Little dumb ass.

Couldn't be me, dude. I'm swimming up. Yeah, you have room service, and get it delivered while you're in the pool. There's nothing better. What if they swim up with my food? And they just pass it across like they do Instagram. Girls do it in Bali.

They like shove their brunch tray across the pool. Is that how they do it? Yeah. And it like flows over to them and they grab a Mimo. God, that's lit. I just want chicken strips

in the pool. With a pina colada. No, Miami Vice. It sounds like an Nirvana album cover. You're thinking of the naked baby. Yeah, the naked baby with a chicken strip thing.

Instead of a dollar bill, he's going after the strip. The wet chicken strip. Yeah. That's gross. But I would still eat a wet chicken strip. I'll say it. What's wrong with you? That wet sock.

Who hurt you? That's my week in fun. Ooh. Are you going to be gramming or are you going to be kind of off the grid? I'll be gramming. I can't fully unplug. Is there any chance that you break the Dylan Cheverry record of three Instagrams in one day that you said in Breckenridge? All I've got to say is tune in to find out at D Chevery, C-H-E-V-E-R-E-R-E.

Hit it. Add me on the group. Thank you. Dave, what's your weekend that's not going to be as cool as mine looking like? No, because I'm committed to content, so I'll be here next week um wow that's right wow i'll be raising my kid sorry man you're not taking roads to uh swim up vacation yet no he can't swim i don't even i'm scared to even bring him to like a patio restaurant gotcha to be honest oh what's his first restaurant gonna be probably matt's you gotta think it's matt's out because it's gonna be outdoor i'm so i'm so fearful of bringing him to a restaurant to him just

going crazy but everybody says like no now's the time to bring him because like they just sleep the whole time but with my luck he won't got it got it But we'll see. Maybe this weekend. Weather looks really good. It does. After like two weeks of shit, this whole week is going to be 70s. 60s and 70s. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. What's it going to be in Cabo?

Obligatory somebody get a tee time that I may not be able to go do because of the kid. Cabo will be 75 and sunny the entire week. How are you not bringing your clubs? Bags fly free. Dave, I don't like golf right now. Like, I'm not. When I say that, those aren't jokes. How fun is that to go by yourself and just no pressure? You can play a couple.

It's a resort course probably. I'm going to go out there. I'm going to fire a 103, and it's going to piss me off. And I'm going to be like, man, let's go back to the hotel. You can throw on the pod. You can hear us making fun of you. Yeah, that's probably going to happen. Are you going to listen to the pod?

Probably not, no. No, I might. Come on. I might listen to happen. Are you going to listen to the pod? Probably not, no. No, I might. Come on. I might listen to brunch. There you go. I'm just going to take passive-aggressive shots at you the entire week. Yeah, I think they've already started. Well, yeah.

When we started this pod. Yeah. Are you going to drink Tendel Generous tequila down there? No. I'm going to support local. Is it not local? I mean, it's called 818 Tequila for Calabasas, so I don't...

It feels like... Where's Jalisco? It's in Mexico, of course. Come. It's in the... It's in the Baja... I want to get a nice little mom-and-pop mezcal down there, you know?

And just go to town on it. That sounds nice. Are you staying at La Quinta, Super 8? Red Roof Inn. Those are really nice down there. The Rojo Roof Inn. And it's like three miles from the beach, so it's kind of cool. Kind of a cool situation.

You're not even on the beach? It's a joke, Brett. I'm not staying at the Red Roof Inn in Cabo. Well, I thought you were saving money now. I'm staying at a dope spot. Okay. But yeah, Brett, thanks for asking. I don't really have many plans.

Yeah. If you want to come over and mow my lawn. Happy to. We can have a beer afterward. Can we do the Swing Academy? Beer die, too. The table is still- You got the table.

It's certainly there. It's still in the wrap in my garage. I'm with you, Dave. I don't have a ton. Maybe I'll finally get the hundreds of cardboard boxes out of my garage because they've been stacking up. We've been ordering a lot of things, baby stuff, baby gifts have been coming in,

and our recycling can't keep up with it. And recycling didn't come the week that it froze. So we just have like 100 boxes. And we called some service to come junk removal, and we got an estimate. They wanted $450. I have a guy. And I was like, dude'm we're not paying you

mike alissa literally laughed in the guy's face i paid someone to do exactly what you're talking about when i moved into my place i had to buy me the furniture and my my garage was like filled to the brim it was really embarrassing he came and uh it took him a while you can't even swing go to the swing academy right now what's the guy's name i forgot it's been a while i mean it's when i moved in this was like about a year he just bring like his truck and just – These guys wanted 450. He'd bring his truck and broke it all down and like stacked it really nice and flat, and he made it work somehow.

Yep. I will get his number after this, hopefully. I probably won't be able to find it, but I'm going to do my best to find it for you. I'll Google him. Box removal guy. Dude, just call up the college hunks. Moving service. They'll probably do it.

I used them one time, and they weren't really that honky. They weren't honky. They were okay. I'm going to call them and send over your hottest guys. I want your hottest college guys. And I want to see their transcripts. I want proof. Yeah, I want their – I want a picture.

Please send a picture before you send them over so I can approve. I want to make sure these guys are enrolled in school. And I don't want any, like, small schools. I want Texas, grade A. Wow. Yeah. Beef. I want prime.

Give me – College honks. Are you filling in for Dylan next week? Sure. I don't know at this point. Are you filling in for Dylan next week? Sure. I don't know at this point. Are you not done with filling in? I think I'm just going to fill in, guy. From the bullpen.

He's a utility player. It's a spot start. He's Craig Biggio. But not as talented. Was Biggio hit more times than anybody in MLB? He played catcher, second base. He played outfield. He played it all over the place.

Yeah, utility guy. He was definitely clean, right? I mean, he never had any steroid allegations. Beach? Come on, Dave. I'm sorry. You think I'm bad, well, aren't you? Sorry, Houston.

No, BGO was, right? He was yoked. Yeah, you're probably right. If you were yoked in the late 90s, you were on it. Yeah, if you're 5'9 in a second baseman dropping bombs, you're probably taking something. He second basement dropping bombs, you're probably taking something.

He had those forearms too. He strikes me as a guy who would shave his forearms. Baseball guy. Just shave them with a razor.

Just to have the look. I believe his son is in the league currently. I think he's a Blue Jack. I think you're

right. Good for the BGO family. Yeah, good for them. Italian. BGO.. Good for the Biggio family. Yeah, good for them. Italian. Biggio. We taught the world how to eat.

Biggio. Brett, I'm going to ask the question that everybody, including Dylan, is champing at the bit to ask. Sure. What are you doing this weekend? Well, Caroline's in town, so we're going to probably go to a local watering spot, sit outside, and have some Mexican food. Your favorite Wataaga watering hole? What day? What day are you all doing that?

I don't know. It could be Friday. It could be Saturday. I could link on Saturday for a low-key vibe. You want to link up? Dylan says he could link on Saturday for a low-key vibe. I could link on Saturday and do a low-key vibe. You were trying to get a match trip on Saturday.

I know. That's what I'm saying. I could do a match trip. I'm not going to get ripped because I have to leave very early the next morning. Dude, just get ripped. But I'll definitely have one knockout martini with you. Let's do it.

Let's put it on the books. Hey, bet. I think what we're actually going to do is there's a new mini putt in San Marcos that lets you get hammered at. So I think we might do

something like that. You don't have to twist our arms. He's trying to get drunk. No, not drunk. But like, I'll have a beer. You're going to get drunk. I'll have a beer and shoot a 36

at a mini puck course. No one has ever gone to San Marcos and not just gotten absolutely obliterated. Okay. Not just get tanked, yeah. I've never been, so. I think you'll enjoy it. Just drop Dave's name at like any door. Go go into the parrot dude I know the door guy huh I can get your

age so you can probably get in anyway I am 26 hey hey like oh cool yeah just take a seat hey best part about it you have to wear a mask well I'm probably going to because it's okay it's just pot It's just pot pot. I don't need the air intake. Wait, is it indoor? No. Okay. Maybe. I don't know.

I checked the Instagram DM that Caroline sent me. She's like, we should go here. So that's why I'm basing this on... It is a drive. I will warn you. And it's not a drive you should make. I know you wouldn't do this. But definitely don't make that drive if you've had anything to drink.

Okay. Let me get off my soapbox. It's a dangerous stretch. Other than that, that's about it. I'll probably hit the range this weekend. If Kaiser has any sort of grass, which I doubt they do. It's probably sand. Yeah.

And you'll get mad that you spent money on golf balls. Yep. You're like, why am I hitting everything fat? And it's just like, you're not. It's just sand. Yeah. Anyway. So solid weekends and fun coming up for the some more solid than others apparently oh hell yeah when do you leave again

monday sunday morning sunday morning we should we should just get dylan ripped on on saturday night so he misses his capo flight don't why would you put that on me i don't want to you put that on yourself you have do you not have to quarantine when you travel abroad? How does that work? I have to take a PCR test to get back on the plane. I have to pass it, obviously. You got to test negative. Before you come back to the U.S.? Before I come back to the U.S. But getting there, it's no problem. Coming back, though. Do they have the vaccine in Mexico yet? It's hard to say. Go down there, get a little vax. Get a vaccy. I don't think that's going to catch on.

Are you going to do Dylan Faves in the pool? Of course. I'll bring a BTS, dog. Alright. I'm just saying. Oh, you finally took the plunge. Bad one. Did you buy the dip? I don't want to talk about it publicly. Okay. Want to do some breaking news, guys?

Sure. Dylan and Dave, would you like to go NFTs? Dylan's favorite. Nope. I got to find out about these Instagram likes. Let's skip to that, man. Okay, Instagram likes. The other two are Space Hurricanes and Luka Doncic.

You tell me I can't like a post on Instagram right now. You can like the post. You can like the post. You can like the post. Instagram has said since 2019 that they're going to remove the number of likes and replace it with something like hundreds or thousands. Right. Or dozens if you're not doing numbies like people. Is that what's going on? Like who?

I don't know. I was going to say Randy, but I feel like Randy's got some decent ones. Randy hit double digits the other day. Randy just flexed. Let's go. Yeah, but what happened was accidentally when Instagram was rolling out this, they hid them completely. So it turns out it was more of a whoopsie than an intended situation. But they are rolling out the fact that you won't be able to see the exact number unless you jump through a couple hoops.

So, yeah, last night they were completely gone. Yeah. And then now I'm looking and it's back to normal. How am I going to feel validated when I get a thirst trap off? I might delete Instagram if that's going to be the way they play ball. That's a monetary thing for us. We could probably keep that open. Well, maybe I'll just, I don't know.

Oh, boy. It's a big summer for Vizzy. Just what's the point is what I'm asking. To influence. Mine still says the number of likes. I'm sure it hasn't

hit me yet. People are, it's back. We're good. For the time being. It's going to switch at some point to the hundreds

or thousands thing. And so you just won't know how many thousands you get. Okay. So that'll be jarring but until that point at caroline already it doesn't have them it's weird is you shitting me so that's the instagram news dave the luka donchic news oh i think i know what this dallas maverick star luka donchic takes equity stake in sports drink company biSteel. Luca is getting in the financial game, Dave.

Any comments? Who else is on Team BioSteel? I feel like I've seen a number. Oh, Dez is on there too. Also founded by Mike Camilleri of NHL Hockey Fan. Okay. Notable athletes include Hunter Mahan. He's not really notable anymore but whatever

no offense Sean Lee not really that notable anymore Tyler Sagan a lot of DFW Spieth probably their biggest name I just spit all over the microphone

I apologize I murdered my thirst a little too hard sure hey man get the bag also DeAndre Hopkins and Patrick Mahomes

oh those are those are two big ones DeAndre Hopkins and Patrick Mahomes. Oh, those are two big ones. They should probably lead with Pat Mahomes, if we're being honest. Does this mean you're a BioSteel boy? It is. It does. And I'm going to give you three weeks to secure the bag from them. Sure.

Because if I'm not doing BioSteel reads in three weeks, I'm going to be upset. Can't hate on that. It sounds like they need us. I mean, they don't have any firepower on their influencers. Nope. He did get equity, though. He did. Good for him. That's a popular format nowadays is to give influencers equity versus cash in companies.

Smart. It is. I hope he got it in Bitcoin. Speaking of Bitcoin, Dylan, you're the NFT guy of this podcast, right? Yeah. Non-fungible tokens. Tokens. Nice.

Kings of Leon will be the first band to release their album as an NFT. So you have to buy the Kings of Leon album NFT. I don't even know. The band's revolutionary tokens will unlock special perks like limited edition vinyl and front row seats to future concerts.

You can't just pull them up on Spotify and jam out. Nope, it's an NFT. The NFT, bro. Oh my God. This is so stupid. Wait. And this is Kings of Leon.

Kings of Leon. Their set is on fire, Dave. Right. What? Yeah. Dude, NFTs are going crazy. So, so many people just aren't going to listen to their new shit. Can we do our podcast NFT?

Yes. Let's talk about it. Let's not. We're meeting on a Tuesday, Dylan, if you want to call in from Cabo. But we're going to decide if we're going to go NFT or not. I just sent the calendar invite just now. We're migrating to NFT. I'm sorry, Dylan.

You're just going to have to get with the... Shaking my head. I just don't... You own NFTs. No, you don't. Bitcoin's not an NFT. I'm sorry, Dylan. I want my tokens to be fungible, that's all.

You want the ones that are like Chuck E. Cheese. Yeah. The little tokens. You can't spell fungible without fun. Exactly. Something to think about. Dave, you know what's going on above the North Pole right now? I'm going to guess space hurricanes.

Yeah, it's a space hurricane. What is a space hurricane, you may ask? Is it a hurricane in space? A spur-a-cane. Hurricanes in Earth's lower atmosphere are powerful rotating weather systems around a relatively calm center. Space hurricanes are much of the same, just in space. Space hurricanes rain electrons into the ionosphere, which creates ridiculous cyclone-shaped auroras below the hurricane. So you'll look up and it'll look like a fucking hurricane of northern lights.

That's kind of tight. Are people documenting this? I want to go. I want to see. ScienceAlert.com is documenting. Is that a real site? With an illustration. Nobody's documented so far.

Polar bears are up there just taking it all in? Probably. It's like laying out on the ice, like, look at that shit. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Dude, why are we not going to ScienceAlert.com for everything? I don't know. Their top story, we just found the largest luminous glowing shark species in the world.

What? This site is tight. Anytime we don't have content, just go to sciencealert.com. Remember that. What kind of shark is it? It's a luminous one. Glows in the dark.

The kite fin shark, the black-bellied, excuse me, the black-bellied lantern shark and the southern lantern shark have been discovered in New Zealand. Good for them. Dope.

That's all I had today, boys. Well, that was some serious breaking news there. A lot of breaking news. See you guys on Friday if you're a Patreon subscriber. Sure will. Listen to Brunch. Welcome to the network. Check out Listen to Brunch.

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