Circling Back - California Bagels & Poolside Wagyu Glizzies

Episode Date: March 10, 2021

Dillon's still in Cabo which means we have no choice but to get loco in The Lodge. Luckily for us, he sent us the top 5 things that have happened to him on vacation. We also dive into the cocaine bear movie that's taken over Twitter, NYC vs. California bagels, Zuckerberg saying that virtual reality is going to replace actually hanging out with people, and an early look at round 1 match-ups of Bit Madness. Support us on Patreon and receive weekly episodes for as low $5 per month: www.patreon.com/circlingbackpodcast Watch all of our full episodes on YouTube: www.youtube.com/washedmedia Shop Washed Merch: www.washedmedia.shop (0:00) Fun & Easy Banter (4:40) Tough Bit Madness 1st Rounders (11:10) Bear Cocaine Movie (22:22) NYC vs. California Bagels (35:42) Dillon’s Vacation Top 5 Moments (48:59) Zuck Virtual Reality (58:15) This Weekend in Fun Support This Episode’s Sponsors Poncho: www.ponchooutdoors.com (CIRCLINGBACK for free tee or hat) Raycon: www.buyraycon.com/steam (15% off!) Vizzy: www.vizzyhardseltzer.com/washed --- 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 Busy Hard Seltzer, the only hard seltzer with vitamin C and superfruit acerola. My name is Will DeFries to my right, David Carter-Ruff. I can't stop thinking about that super fruit. Dude, it's acerola drinking season. Ooh, I know what I'm doing today. So, you know, Wednesday is technically my Thursday.

And Brett said that Wednesday is a sneaky little Thursday vibe. I think it is a sneaky little Thursday vibe. So tonight you might see me hopping into the kitchen uh grabbing a fizzy hard seltzer has anybody done uh super fruit to the tune of super freak yet yeah probably probably dylan really in a really miserable way no dylan's got one trick when it comes to busy yep and i'm not gonna i'm not gonna rehash what he has done you're not gonna ruin an all-time. You're not going to ruin an all-time song? No. Okay.

Do we ruin an all-time Instagram post by doing, this call's about business with Dave just holding it busy to his ear? That's fine. Randy, put that on your Photoshop list. That plays. Did you put it down? Put it down, Randy. He has the notebook over there.

All Randy's been doing since these Sour Patch Kids came in is just absolutely loading Sour Patch Kids. Yeah, and when he does it, he does the S with the three lines and the six lines that you connect them with. Like the notebook's his eighth grade notebook. I've been watching him. What are you talking about? You know the fucking, the skater S? The Stussy S?

Stussy S, yeah. Or that's what I called it at least. I, the skater-esque? The Stussy-esque? Stussy-esque, yeah. Or that's what I called it, at least. I don't know if it actually stood for Stussy. I don't think it did, but... If you don't know how to draw that, you're just an idiot. Do you think, like, Parks will ever learn how to draw that? 100%. Like, I think kids are still doing it to this day.

Really? Yeah. But only while wearing VR goggles. God, more on that later. Oh, look at you. We have a loaded episode. Absolutely chonky episode today. It's quite voluminous.

Stupid thick. Can we get some programming notes out of the way before we dip in? Well, I'm in awe at the size of this episode. It's big. It's big. This fun and easy banter ain't lasting long because we just have so much to go into. First and foremost, go follow Circling Back Pod and Watch Media on the Grom. Also, make sure to leave a review and five-star rating.

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There's links everywhere. Go find it. Fill out your bracket. We got a lot in. It's in the Discord. There's links everywhere. Go find it. Fill out your bracket. We got a lot in. It's starting Monday. I think we're actually going to go through a couple of the first round matchups today to get horned for it. Are you guys horned?

We're going to do a little preview. I'm very horned, Will, to answer your question. Well, before we do the preview, we have our Patreon schedule. We're doing Bachelor on Tuesdays. We got the finale next week. After that, we're going to be sprinkling in some Worst Of episodes. If you want to send your story in, go to washedmedia.com. You can click on the icon

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but it looks like we might be getting a lot of content. Content. Content. Also, voicemails on Friday, 888-618-4422. Get in, get out, be tactical. Match that voicemail button. Do you guys want to go through some of the early Bit Madness Round 1 matchups? Just some of the fun ones?

Yeah. It's conference tournament season. I want to see who's playing well. Pull it up. See, I'm having an issue because the first matchup on the board is something that I don't even know what I'd pick at this point. It's number one, didn't they used to call you that in high school, versus number 16, mother of three who

graduated in 2009. Huh. Yeah, that's topical. Why can't I open this file? Sorry. Do you guys want me to just call out my favorites? Can we put it on? What are Will DeFree's hot games of the week? Well, you know the 5 vs. 12 is always kind of an interesting matchup.

So we have Mocha Clappuccino vs. Ongoing Global Pandemic. Well, that's the thing. The global pandemic is a pandemic that's ongoing and global. It's true. How do you feel about Papa Roach, number three seed, going against Mega Tough Scene? Wow. That's a high seed for Papa Roach. I agree.

You say it's a high seed for Papa Roach, but the amount of DMs that I've gotten from listeners that are just doing a play on suffocation, no breathing, is through the roof. If any of those internet meme accounts do anything with the Papa Roach stuff, we're immediately tagged in it for the next month.

The top comment on my announcement that Sally is pregnant is from Washington Memia and it just says, Extreme Papa Roach Voice Procreation. It has 194 likes. You can go see that at Will DeFreeze. Did you pin it? I didn't pin it. I'll tell you what, Gardner Snake Dave being

a 12 versus Dylan hitting the slopes is a 5. Upset alert. But Gardner Snake Dave was kind of, you know. It feels like two years ago. Yeah, it was forever ago. It feels like pre-Randy. Didn't you do the video animation? Warrior's Hired.

We have Shark Week versus El Glizadente. El Glizadente is a two seed. Classic two seed that probably should have been a one. I'm not going to give away my picks because we're doing that next week. But let's just say i'm thinking good things for how do you feel about uh roads rough the three seed going against blink 183 wait just just my son my son why is my son just okay will mummies are only a five seed going against number 12 old gene i feel i feel like we haven't heard from old Gene in a while.

He did love himself a Will mommy. Gene loved women. Dave, your mustache is going up against You Crushed That, which is a 9 seed somehow. I don't see how You Crushed That is a 9 seed. Some of these I'm not even – I'm trying to do origin stories in my head. You know, that will be interesting because the mustache has been up and down this season. Will, what's that?

I can't really tell. The 14-3 matchup in the Miller High Life bracket. Funny you were asking about that because I was just looking at it and dreading saying it on the Monday's episode. It's number three seed Shackett versus number 14 seed Rural. Okay. Are you saying Rural? Rural. Rural. Matt R 14 seed Rural. Okay. Are you saying Rural? Rural. Rural.

Matt Rural? Rural. He's done a great job in... Oh, Rural. The Rural Juror. Sorry, that's a 30 Rock joke. That wasn't that good. Okay.

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And then you're good to go. Then you're fine. Let's talk about this bear cocaine movie. This was all over the internet yesterday. I hate that we're not doing this story with Dylan because he loves movies. And Elizabeth Banks. You know, I guess I didn't know she was doing the directing stuff. Or is she a producer?

I didn't realize that was her venture now. I guess I wasn't really aware of her dabbling outside of being an actor as well. But, apparently,

the true story of an infamous bear who consumed a duffel bag of cocaine is getting the Hollywood treatment and the animal overdosed after it took 70 pounds or ate 70 pounds of drugs thrown out of a plane by a smuggler and now they're just

making a movie about it is this just gonna like follow the bear just like doing dope ass shit in the woods just talking his friend's ears off yeah just like won't shut up yeah man i was back there there's like a fox like i saw this fucking fox man and he just wouldn't quit following me do you think the bear's handing off like bags he's going behind a big redwood tree? Dude, there's a terrible hollowed-out tree over there to coke in. Don't go in. You got to feel it for the bear, who's going to have to do the promotional tour for this. And he's like, yeah, it was a tough time in my life.

I was ripped all the time. Did he live? I know they said he overdosed. Oh, no. It says in 1985, its cost of death was unmistakable. Oh. It's probably the Coke.

It said the 175-pound black bear was found next to a duffel bag that once had been filled with more than 70 pounds of cocaine before it was hurled from a drug smuggler's plane, except now it was ripped open with 40 empty packets

scattered near the overdosed animal's carcass. Oh. Damn, I didn't know this thing died. So this movie is 15 minutes long. Yeah, this could be a mini, this could be like a short. Is this the same dude? This should do a Pixar short. Is this the dude who like stole all the money and then like parachute out of a plane in like the Pacific Northwest?

You mean the most viral headline that TFM ever saw? What was that? Oh, I was thinking about the guy that went to Mexico and did cocaine. James Taylor? D.B. Cooper. Is that the smuggler? All the money he took? It's a Kid Rock reference.

You don't have to tell us. I know. Imagine doing $15 million worth of cocaine from an airplane in 1985. Dylan probably did it. Dude, that was like peak cocaine years. I mean, I know a little bit about cocaine. I do watch Narcos Mexico. Is that what Dylan's doing down in...

He might be. I don't know. Jeez. He never really told us why he was going unbelievable. It's true. He's swim up sweet. I don't know what... That was a code word.

I think black bears rank up there for what I'm about to ask, but in terms of animals that you don't want to see in the wild after doing 70 pounds of cocaine what like what animals rank highest um i'm trying to think of like what an insect would be like on cocaine like if you just ran into like a spider like a like a daddy long leg yeah and he's just below he's coked out he's just crawling all over you're like dude stop crawling on me honey bad. Yeah, like a wolverine or something would be pretty tough. Anything that travels in large packs. I mean, the feral hogs did it. Feral hogs is probably the answer.

Because you know why? A lot of reasons. They're obviously a problem globally and here in Texas and in the U.S. But they won't just kill you like quick. They will just eat you alive. So it'll be a sad, painful death as the coked out feral hog is just kill you like quick. They will just, they will eat you alive. So it'll be a sad, painful death

as the coked out feral hog is just eating you. Yep. That's up there. I've always said coked out hogs are the worst. Usually they have trouble like even doing anything.

Are you talking, oh, the animal. Hawk? Come on, Will. Perhaps. hawk come on will perhaps the day hawk over here birds i feel like birds have trouble doing coke they're raptors will what do whatever they why do they have trouble because they have beaks yeah my beak they're like just pecking at it they got like the residue on their beak i've never seen a bird snort anything they just do a little nummy with their talon. Yeah. They swallow it whole. That's a dicey proposition.

Just clanking around in there. It's worth it, though. They have built-in, you know. What? I don't know. Dude, Randy, stop talking off mic, dude. What are you doing? We're 15 minutes in, Randy.

He's the new Micah. God. Micah's retired, and here comes Randy. He's going new Micah. God. Micah's retired and here comes Randy. He's going to throw his water bottle into the trash can in like two seconds. Is Randy doing coke today? Is that why he's all fired up and trying to talk all the time? He did a liquid IV energy. Swag.

Yeah. Those will do it. Matcha to the dome. Yeah, those will do it. You were just chugging on that matcha the other day. I was. It's a very unappealing color, but a very good drink. I want to know what the...

Like, is this... The movie's not going to be about the bear. This is just going to have to be like a small part of this, right? Unless it's like a Seth Rogen, like a trip style movie

where the bear is like on coach for 15 minutes but it's actually like a lifetime and... Oh, so this family might be camping. Like, I can see like Elizabeth Banks

being like the mother of a family that decides to go camping, and then all of a sudden this cocaine bear just tries to attack them. I would hate that. Is there any word? I haven't looked at the article. Is there any word? It's like live action. Does the bear have a voice?

Is it animated? I don't think the bear has a voice. It's just going to be like a family encounters a coked out bear. Yeah. Well, I don't know. I'm just guessing. If I had to guess, this is probably... Does she do serious movies?

Wet Hot American Summer. That was not a serious movie. I didn't know she even did this stuff. The last thing I remember her being in was 40-Year-Old Virgin. I know that might be disrespectful because I'm sure she's had a great career outside of that, but I just don't remember her being in much. Charlie's Angels, Pitch Perfect, Hunger Games, 40-Year-Old Virgin. Okay. She was in the movie Walk of Shame, which I think I turned off. She was also in a Lego movie,

Power Rangers. Which Lego was she? She was the Starship Enterprise Lego. Her director credits include Charlie's Angels, Pitch Perfect 2. Wait, the one with Lucy Liu? Which Charlie's Angels? The 2019 Charlie's Angels. Whatever happened to Lucy Liu? I think she's doing fine.

I think she's doing fine. I can see her sneaky like... Let's look up her net worth. I'm going to say 35 mil. Too low. That's way too high, actually. Okay.

She's not doing great. I feel like her net worth should be more. 16? Yeah. I don't know how you just got that, but, yeah, it was 16. Batting 500 on the day. Elizabeth Banks has a catalog. Yeah. yeah she's busy good for her you know it's international women's week technically because international women's day was a few

days ago and i just want to say i support her and her directing she's worth 50 we stan a director i didn't know she had that in her bag directing Directing? Yeah. Shouts to Elizabeth Banks. I mean, I can't really speak to the movies that she's directed because I haven't seen them, but I'm sure they're great. Is she still married to Lloyd Banks? She might be. I hate this. I thought it was Ernie. Oh, yeah.

Carlton? That's two Fresh Prince references in the first 18 minutes of an episode. Nice. I'll see I'm gonna put that out there what's that where's it released are they doing theaters are they waiting for the I don't know our theaters are they gonna come back uh what's AMC stock doing hard to say uh I've seen people recently getting like grams off of going to theaters and being like, first time back. Oh yeah, Ross went to Drafthouse. They just filed for bankruptcy. No, Ross went to UA or AMC. I will say this. I don't think it's been

something that I think about often, but when I think about going to the movies, I do miss it. I would like to go. The other day A Quiet Place came on my television. I saw it in theaters and we're watching it. I'm like, this sucks not in a theater. You and Alyssa, like, you told me about your experience in the theater watching that, and it made me never want to see the movie. There's not a worse movie for Alamo Drafthouse than A Quiet Place, given that the first 30 minutes are in total silence and, like, half the theater's eating, like, a flatbread pizza.

Yeah. And you can just hear people's, like, molars tearing into the cheese the mouth noises that's dylan's worst nightmare he hates mouth noises ice don't chew ice around dylan hates it yeah he gets pissed he used to have to put on headphones because i'd chew ice at grand x and i didn't know that he pissed him off for like months he didn't know how to tell you to stop i didn't carry i honestly don't even care like what's your deal that's a you problem if you can't be around people chewing stuff. Ice is a little more annoying than food. Yeah, it's kind of a prerequisite to being human is being able to chew.

Yeah, don't get mad at me for chewing in front of you when I'm eating my lunch. I haven't said anything, Will, but, you know, when you breathe around me, it just pisses me off. It grosses me out. It's just nails on a chalkboard. Dude, stop blinking. Stop. I hate when fucking people blink, dude. Brett's over here,

the fucking, the day hawk or whatever. Yeah, I'm reading a pretty Texas day hawk? Remarkable piece from The Guardian on what this movie's going to be about

and it sounds like it's more going to be the story of how the cocaine got there in the first place. The bear plays a small role of which it is a unmistakably agonizing

overdose death. Was the CIA smuggling it for the Contras? No, the man Andrew Thornton was a corrupt narcotics officer who had become head of an international drug smuggling operation. He was arrested in 1981. The police released him in the hope that he would lead them to more powerful figures connected with the drug trade. However, while transporting cocaine by plane four years later,

he ran into engine trouble. He dumped much of the cocaine out of the plane to try to establish more lift. He could not do that, evacuated by parachute, but the parachute didn't open properly, and he died on impact 50 miles away in Knoxville. And then he won The Bachelor. That's just 70 pounds of cocaine, thousands of dollars in cash, and three weapons. I'll say this. I liked my storyline better.

I want Jason Sudeikis and Elizabeth Banks to go camping with their children, and I want them to be running from a cocaine bear for 80 minutes. Is this going to be one of those things with the cocaine bears on screen for like 30 seconds? Yeah. Like the Blair Witch Project? Mm-hmm. You don't even, at the very end, and you're like, you're not even sure if you saw it. What was that? Huh?

Yeah. Like what? Why? They say the cocaine bear movie might not be the zany fun time comedy that the title suggests lame um so pablo escarbear is probably off my list is that what they're calling it it's pretty good it's not bad yep i feel like Pablo. Is there a bear tie-in? No, I'm just doing Kanye. I don't have anything else to say on the bear.

Didn't he have an album with a bear on it? He's wearing the bear suit, I believe. Yeah, he's got the little teddy bear logo. 808s? I don't know. No, it was either... You're going to get roasted. Graduation.

Late registration. Graduation. Beautiful, dark, twisted fantasy. College dropout. I feel like they're in all of them college dropout definitely had him in the college dropout yeah that was his first one right yeah that was heat it was very good let's talk about bagels you told me yesterday that you were just fiending a bag so i woke up yesterday morning and i saw the new york times they put on an instagram post and it said something why do you follow them the new york times yeah i like to follow failing companies yeah that's right let's go this uh thing said that uh actually the best bagels aren't in new york and they're actually in california no see i thought to myself i was like you know what i don't really give a fuck He said that actually the best bagels aren't in New York and they're actually in California.

No. See, I thought to myself, I was like, you know what? I don't really give a fuck where the best ones are, but this is making me want a bagel right now. And so what did I do yesterday? I went to Brugger's down the street and I got what I would consider to be the best bagel in the nation. Brugger's. Yeah, just Brugger's in Austin, Texas. Well, you know, they actually import their water.

It has a different mineral content. Yeah, the sodium is up there. Yeah. You know, as a fellow published New York Post author, I just want to say that I would have written this story if I were them because New York is clearly, clearly far and above every other bagel place in the world, and I will die on that hill. I'm going to have to stop you right there.

Were you published in the New York Post? I was. For what? Did I miss this? That's why I'm a Detroit-style pizza influencer, Dave. Oh, okay. I missed that week. Yes.

I did see the – okay. Very cool. So the guy who wrote it said, this is where the writer, me, a former resident of New York City, Brooklyn, smugly tells you that these bagels are good for California bagels, excellent by West Coast standards. He says, have you ever, what, had a bacon, egg, and cheese from Corner Bagel on 93rd and 3rd? I'll say this. I don't eat breakfast sandwiches on bagels. It's a lot. You don't need it. It's too much. An everything bagel with crispy-ass bacon, an egg over medium,

and a slice of good old American farmhouse thick cut on a toasted bagel from Corner Bagel. It will change your goddamn life. They're too messy. You know what I think is at play here? California, obviously, better scenery, better weather. You know what I think is at play here? California, obviously, better scenery, better weather. He just had an average bagel in, like, great, great setting,

and it just, like, changed his life. It just made him fucking hard as a rock. Like a coked-out feral hog. He did discuss the water. You want to hear what he said about the water? He said the water is important, but it can be mimicked around the world. It comes down to the love we have for our bagels. This is a Dylan story.

Let's not tell Dylan he was right. We definitely can't do that. I will say this. The best bagel I've ever had was in New York City. Okay. Point. It was so much different than any other bagel I've ever had that I don't understand why it's even a conversation, but I don't think it has anything to do with the water.

I think it's just, these people have really good, they've been making bagels for their entire life. The dude that gave it to me probably has like a grandma who just retired from it. And she's got like weird ass hands. Cause she was making bagels her entire life. What's wrong with her? Rheumatoid arthritis.

Yeah. She's got like all these different things wrong with her hands. So she can't do it anymore. So she taught her son. Let me make Luigi. She had, yeah, my good hand. She had her all these different things wrong with her hands, so she can't do it anymore. So she taught her son. Let me make a strong hand. She had Luigi. My good hand. She had her son Luigi just take over.

Old bagel hands. Mm-hmm. Licking ass. Mm-hmm. I like a bagel sandwich for lunch. Put in some meat on it with some vegetables and things like that. Maybe a little cream cheese schmear. But when it comes to a breakfast sandwich on a bagel, I feel like it's just too rowdy.

What's a schmear? A schmear is cream cheese, dude. Oh, my God. Is it a smear or a schmear. But when it comes to a breakfast sandwich on a bagel, I feel like it's just too rowdy. What's a schmear? A schmear of cream cheese, dude. Is it a smear or a schmear? Do you know what lox is? Yeah. Okay. But is it really S-H? Some people do.

It's different than smear? Yeah, some people do schmear. Like bagels and schmear. That sounds dirty to me. I'm sorry. I've never heard it said schmear. Well, maybe you need to go to New York City. New York City?

You got any schmears? You got any schmears? Did that make it into the bracket? It had to have. Yeah, definitely. It had to have. Schweitz has to be up there. Okay.

You know what a good bagel is? Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, chewy, and dense. Can you agree with me a little bit that the hole in the bagel creates a very volatile situation when it comes to all the other toppings for a breakfast sandwich? 100%. You have egg falling out. You've got the grease from the breakfast meat, whatever you choose. It's just too much. You're right.

They taste amazing. I want my bagels to be like puckered up. Yeah, I like to be high and tight. Okay, you are getting... You know the hole of a bagel? Yeah, I'm familiar with it. I know what a bagel looks like. The most trashed bagels are the ones that are just gaping.

Okay. And they're like, where's the bread? I just feel like... No, see, I was the one back then. Back in the day, I liked the bagels that had the smallest hole, like the little puckered ones. Right. So you could get more cream cheese on there and not have it falling out the middle. You guys got to stop saying puckered.

We're talking bagels. Yeah, dude. We're talking about bagels. Why? It's just... You can't talk about bagels? You're scaring Randy. Randy's fine.

He'll figure it out. They're eating Sour Patch Kids. Randy doesn't eat bagels. There's too many carbs for him. What are they doing in Chicago? Bialy's or something? I don't fucking know. That's my biggest issue with a bagel, actually.

They probably have a piece of lasagna that they say is a bagel. Yeah, pretty much. Not enough protein. Maybe, could you get one with bacon inside of it? I would have to put three eggs on the bagel to even sniff what I'm looking for in breakfast. Three eggs, some bacon. As opposed to toast? Like what?

But a bagel, I feel the toast is well known people nobody eats just toast toast is always on the side a bagel is never on the side bagels definitely just toast really yeah those people stink baby um people are toast people a bagel it's like i had a bagel for breakfast no one's like yeah i had a piece of bread because usually you have to you have to enhance the bagel with protein or vegetables or smoked salmon. Best bagel I've ever had. Or an inch of cream cheese. Schmier.

What's your favorite non-traditional cream cheese? Scallion. Scallion and bacon. Yeah. Or chives and bacon. They have a scallion and bacon one at Brugger's down the street. Are chives and scallions the same thing? They've got to be similar.

They're in the green onion family, correct? Chives versus scallions. Oh, they're the same thing. One's just pickled. I don't think that's true. I don scallions. Oh, they're the same thing. One's just pickled. I don't think that's true. I don't know. They're essentially the exact same thing. Okay.

They're a little different. Cilantro is the same as well. Stop. Best bagel I've ever had was at a Holiday Inn Express in Terrell, Texas. And, I mean, I went down there for the breakfast buffet. Yeah. Complimentary, continental. And that bagel was life-changing it was dude i mean that bagel was

thick puckered just shmeared out nothing it's worse than uh like a stale blueberry bagel from a shitty hotel the airbnb we stayed at for your wedding had a sick spread really yeah maybe spread. Really? Yeah. Maybe California bagels, dude. What are you doing, Stuart? Yeah, just going down to 305. Dude, that was a good breakfast. We need to go back there to wherever that was. To your Airbnb? Yeah. You're invited. Thank you.

I just returned from Laguna, but we can go back whenever. We weren't actually in Laguna. We were at the town next over because we're broke boys. Damn, dude. And we waited too long to book. That's on me. I don't even know how long you had to book because we planned the wedding

in like a month. We kind of just... It's basically your fault. We made it difficult for people, for sure. You did, but we had fun. It's unfortunate that we were going to mob in Harbor Springs

in August. We were. Well, maybe we weren't, honestly. We were. A hazard. If anyone can get one of these California bagels and send it to us, it says that they send them out like hundreds out every single day. I want someone to send it to the office.

I want to try some of these bagels. I'm tired of just talking about it. I want to be about it. I bet Costco makes a good bagel. I guarantee they do. HEBs aren't bad. I'll give them that. They're not terrible.

New York people are just punching air right now. Dude, respect their water! That's not how they talk. They're not good. I'm not going to put them up against anything from New York, but they're respectable for what I've had down here. Does the New York water fallacy, does that extend to upstate New York

and other parts? Saratoga water at the inauguration, Dave, so I don't know what you're telling me. That doesn't really answer the question at all. Didn so I don't know what you're telling me. I'm just saying. That doesn't really answer the question at all. Didn't know we were going to politicize this podcast, dude. It does. Which inauguration? The inauguration that shouldn't have happened.

Literally all of them. Just kidding. They're apolitical? They're apolitical. Yeah, it's the blue bottle, the Saratoga spring water. You'd know it if you saw it. Are they going to do the next Trump's inauguration when that happens? March 4th?

Yeah. Oh, we already missed it. Oh. Be careful. Yes, it does extend. I was reading some exit surveys on Patreon. We don't want to be too woke. That's the...

I'm just asking the questions. That's all you can do. If you're out there... Well, now I've got to go read them. You need to hit us up about these bagels. questions that's all you that's all you can do if you're out there well now i gotta go you need to hit us up about uh about about uh these bagels i want to try them send them our way what would you do like uh back seal it send it yeah you could send this don't just put it in like a in a sandwich bag no just toss one in a box go get one of those free boxes from usps and just throw the bagel in there it's all all just an L.A. PR stunt.

L.A. Because they're like a city that could theoretically compete with New York in the food scene. So they're just trying to get their clout up by going at the king. L.A.? And they're missing because it's L.A. And they do bialis with avocado schmear and shit. Someone tagged me in a Forbes article that said that can't a place in Kansas city has the best tacos.

Yeah. Yeah. And while I'm not doubting that they're probably very good, this, they were, they're positioning Kansas city as like this, some, the town that just has the best Tex-Mex or not,

not even Tex-Mex Mexican food. And I just, I don't believe it. No, I don't believe it either. David, I'm glad you said that. I bet it's very good.

And at one day I would love to go to Kansas City. It seems like a cool town. Yeah, it seems great. But I'm not going to go there and eat tacos. I'm going to go there and eat barbecue. Yeah, which I still don't know. Shouts to Meat Mitch. Who's Meat Mitch?

It's George Brett's barbecue company in Kansas City. Really? Yeah, best burnt ends I've ever had. Is he just standing there in the front crapping his pants? No. You've got to be careful with those burnt ends, man. The burn you? A lot of carcinogens.

Really? I don't know. I guess it's anything you eat with a shit ton of burnt things on it. Yeah. Like s'mores. Someone told me that one time, but I was like, dude, these burnt ends taste so good, I don't care. Yeah. I eat burnt ends once a year.

I feel like my intake is okay. I was looking at a restaurant the other day. They had burnt end mac and cheese, and I was like, damn, I'm getting big. Literally, literally. That's a shit ton of calories. Yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot. Can we talk about our friends over at Raycon real quick?

Raycon. Please. I don't know about you guys, but me, I'm always looking at a screen. My screen time, stupid high. Now more than ever. Your screen time gone up during this entire pandemic thing? Having a little baby. Just sitting there, you know, trying to rock it back.

You've just got your phone in one hand, baby in the other. Surfing? Surfing. That's how you get that story off this morning. He was chilling. Well, whether you're an avid news watcher or in need of serious distraction, David, unplugging yourself is easier said than done. One of my favorite ways to rest my eyes while still getting the content I'm itching

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Buyraycon.com slash steam. Let's check in on Dylan's vacation. You guys aware that he's in Cabo San Lucas right now? Is he about to hop on the pod? No, I actually, so last night, I decided to hit up Dylan and I was like, hey man, is there any way that you can hit me with just some stuff you've been doing on the vacation?

Sure. And he's like, yeah, dude, for sure. And then after waiting all night for him to send it, he sent it to me today at 10.06 a.m. So he's just staying in a sushi restaurant. Essentially. The Nobu in Cabo, right? Correct. I still can't wrap my head around that. I think he's moving hotels today. Nobody's doing a mid-vacation hotel move.

On purpose. You guys want to hear the five things that Dylan has submitted to us yeah let's hear it okay number one he peeps the humpback whales they're everywhere per dylan okay i'm i feel like all dylan's doing right now is it's talking to people at this resort just being like hey you know it's humpback whale season here and And everyone's like, yeah, we do. It started in November. I saw them at your wedding. I saw them when we were in Cabo in November. I saw them at our friend the news wedding. I think it's just wintertime.

They go off down there. It is a cool thing when you see one, though. Yeah. It's a little bit life-changing if you've never seen a whale. See, it's just so far away. I had some binoculars on our last on our last trip that i was trying to scope them with but i could never get them on the right thing at the right time were you binocular guy just hanging around your neck i i kind of was if i was chilling at that

pool i was just going binocs the entire time oh yeah what else are you checking out no comment dylan and hannah just checking them from the private pool. Dude, fuck them. I'm still annoyed with them. What's their problem? Different Dylan for the record. Yeah, Dylan H? I don't know.

He said he probably is very. Dylan Barber. Oh, yeah. He tweeted last night that if he gets 2,000 retweets on his most recent tweet, he will get a tattoo this weekend. How many did he get? last time i saw he was about 200 yeah and this was like 16 hours after it's like oh this didn't that's a heat check yeah that's a heat check you want to see what kind of cloud he had yeah kind of like his other tweets he's going to delete that down the line oh yikes headshot you want number two yep he worked out

and i'm going to mess this word up it's not hard as rural, but it's not easy for me to say. He worked out next to a chaparral. Is that how you say it? A chap, like a chaperone? Like someone from Westlake? Yeah. Or the actual. Westlake, like football kid?

The ground dwelling bird? Was he just working out next to, he said it was chilling at the gym. So I'm just imagining like Sam Ellinger just chilling at the gym. Is he a Westlake guy? Yeah. Oh, cool. By the way. We used to see that thick Sam Ellinger just chilling at the gym. Is he a Westlake guy? Yeah. Oh, cool. By the way. We used to see that thick ass over at Taco Deli all the time. Your state 6A Texas boys

basketball championship will be your Duncanville Panthers versus the Westlake Chaperones. Let's go. I saw their bus getting ready to take off yesterday. Westlake? Yeah. It's a situation. Police escort. I'll tell you what, Saratoga, we didn't have that on the way to the odd for our state championship. They're going to need that escort when they roll into San Antonio.

I have no connection to Westlake High School at all, but I kind of want to just buy, like, the only connection I have is that I drive by it all the time, and I feel like it's the high school that I have the biggest connection to in Austin. I kind of just want to get, like, some chaps gear. Everybody in Westlake who's like eating out, like, oh wait, everybody in Westlake who's like eating breakfast on a patio,

like Honeyham, for example, they all look like they're just from California. Yeah. They moved here two weeks ago. All the kids that are just tight. They're way frowder than us. What do you think?

Yeah, they are. The, the best TikToker at Westlake has how many followers, do you think? 150,000. I'm sure. Two houses down. If not more.

My neighbor's kid, apparently, before his account got hacked. Colton Tyler? Well, yeah. One of them had over six figures on TikTok. Then his account got taken over. Is he a free agent? We taking over. I don't know if he's out of the game or not.

I need to ask. I need to ask his mom, like, hey. You're not tight with them? You're just tight with his mom? His parents, yeah. That's lame. Well, he's like 16. Doesn't he throw heat?

He does play some baseball. No, the older one's the one who plays – played college baseball. I just zoned out for like five seconds and Dave's got some high school friend friend no i know i'm not i'm friends with his parents why are you guys friends with a 16 year old a great question he never i i'm like hey man uh let me buy you and your boy some beer can he like can he explain some gen z stuff to us in the pod once in a while i mean he had he was a tiktok sensation apparently so yeah it sounds like he could. I think he needs a job here. Let's hire him. Fuck college. There's multiple.

We can get a college kid and a high school kid. If you're going to college right now, you're not getting the most out of it, so you might as well just delay a little bit, travel. I'm so washed I just spelled TikTok wrong. A lot of people are going to college. It's true. Do you guys want number three from Dylan? Well, we're not done talking about Westlake High Schoolers.

Number three. He thought about jumping across my pool, or his pool, and then remembered Joe Nullet breaking his ankle in a million places last time that Dylan was actually down in Cabo. So he's not doing it anymore. That's probably one reason. Also, the fact that it was like 15 feet, and he would have in no way come close to that.

There's no way that he could have done it. No. I would have loved to see him asking someone, like, hey, can you record this for my podcast back home? Given his track record, I'm really glad he did not do this. He would have absolutely shattered something. He's already got delicate ankles. Didn't Joe, didn't they try to charge Joe like 20 grand

to helicopter him out of Cabo or something? Oh, man. I forgot that Joe moved back to Florida. I was going to say now that we're starting up some Worst Of episodes. Worst Of at WatchedMedia.com. I was going to say we need to have him on to explain the entire story because that was hell. Oh, that was bad. I was right there.

Did he get airlifted? No, they tried to airlift him for 30 grand. For 30 grand. And he was like, noifted? No, they tried to airlift him for $30,000. For $30,000. And he was like, no. No? No. I know this is a stupid statement and a very generic blanket statement for pretty much anything. But what's scary is that could have been any of us.

It should have been all of us. Yeah. That hotel is slippery even if you're not absolutely hammered. I don't like how slippery it was. Number four. Absolutely hammered. I don't like how slippery it was. Number four.

This one is relating to the photo that was posted last night on Dylan's Instagram. He said that the nice young lady that was with him currently has 106 follow requests from that story posted last night. Damn. Yeah, one of them is me. I didn't follow her yet. You're going to get lost in the shuffle. 100%. I feel like that should be an accepted one, you think. No?

She's got a lot to trudge through, dude. 106 is a lot. Apparently. 106 in park. She's only with Dylan for his followers. Yeah, for sure. Why else would he be with Dylan? Oh, fuck.

He's going to listen to this part for sure, isn't he? What the hell? Oh. What? Man, I hate y'all. Yeah. Fuck y'all. That's my Dylan. that's good that's

good number five he ate a wagyu glizzy poolside that was absolutely torch yesterday wagyu glizzy i didn't even know they made that they don't that doesn't make sense i'll be frank dude okay it seems like a waste of wagyu i agree i I'm at the point where I don't believe anything's Wagyu anymore unless it's like actually. You know, Brooks Koepka actually refuses to eat Wagyu glizzies in the States. Once you've had it, it's just different. Dude, it's different. Well, that sounds like an exciting vacay. When's he coming back?

Sunday? I have no clue. Are we going to make him do what we were talking about, the three-month quarantine when he gets back? I think so. I think that'd be best for the business. I don't want to shut down at this point. It'd be annoying if we had to shut down.

Yeah, it's best he just stays home for a few months. Couldn't agree more. You do have to COVID test before leaving Mexico. Dude, shout out to Mexico. What if he gets a posse? Then you go to this resort and you have to stay there for two weeks. Don't call it a posse. With Chris Harrison?

Dylan's probably doing a posse scheme right now so he can stay down there for two extra weeks. He's just praying he gets a minor case. What do they do? Do you just have to rebook your play at a different hotel? You know, I was told that they have a hotel somewhere where they're just sending people, but that seems like a really reckless thing to do just have like covid camp hotel coronafonia

yeah i just i just that it was okay it wasn't good it was okay it just didn't seem like the move but who might have i don't know i went to mexico i didn't get covered not a lovely place I went to Mexico. I didn't get COVID. Not a lovely place. Not a lovely place. Theme song? Inside my room in Hotel Coronafonia.

Nice. The eagle spread. When you sing it, Hotel Coronafonia sounds better than when you just say it. Coronafonia, here we come. We're doing Phantom Planet now. We've been on the run. Getting. You know who their drummer was? Johnny Depp.

No. Okay. Dave Grohl. God damn it. Trey Cool. Was it Trey Cool from Green Day? It's not Trey Cool from Green Day. Jason Schwartzman.

Really? From American Pie? No. From Rushmore, right? You're close. He probably should have been in American Pie in some capacity. Rushmore, he's been in a lot. Rushmore is probably my favorite Wes Anderson.

Can I say that? It's not probably my favorite. It's 100% my favorite. It's one that just makes me happy every time I watch it. It's genius because it's just so dry and partially depressing, but at the same time hilarious. Yeah. Kind of time hilarious. Yeah. Kind of like us.

Yeah. I just looked at the exit surveys. How'd you feel about them? Actually, most of them were fine. It's like my financial situation has changed. I want to like message and be like, hey, I got you, man. I know. I want to hit those people up and be like, yo. But we can't. So don't bother doing that if you think we're going to give you $5.

Good. Didn't want to anyway. Not going to happen. More money for me. More problems. I just need to follow up on the Westlake TikTok situation real quick. Apparently they had a coach on their football team. Oh, no.

Marco Regalado, Texas State alum. Go Bobcats. Oh, no. This has got all the ingredients. Who is going viral for his cool coaching talks that he has since turned into a division one recruiting position where's he where where's he going he is going to uh washington state oh dub steezy no one's calling it that i'm a big Washington fan Are they wazoo? I don't know I just like the Huskies

It's Washington Do you kind of want to be a Washington Husky? You're messing up your Apple Cup The Huskies are Washington I know, I just said that I've said nothing different than what you just said I don't know if that's right I don't know if the Cougars are Washington State But I know the huskies are washington purple washington state cooters i fuck with every

college that uses purple in their main color scheme dcu washington that's all i got ecu pie carolina that sounds familiar that sounds familiar they put off purple vibes i thought maybe it's blue which michigan college is your favorite of the directional Michigan colleges? Northern Michigan. Not even close. Okay. Yeah, for sure. Shouts to Marquette.

Western has always given me kind of scared to go there vibes because I feel like someone's going to sucker punch me in the middle of the street. Eastern Michigan just doesn't have a great reputation. Yeah, it's fucking hilarious, right? Dude, ECU. Dude, Pirates. Yeah, let's go. ECU's sneaky good logo.

I think purple schools are sick. Who was that Central Michigan quarterback that took the world by storm and then flamed out? Did he have the YouTube video? I don't know. Oh, Dan Lefevre. Yeah. He was a second-round draft pick or something?

Yeah, I remember that. He may not be. Didn't they beat Tech one time? Catch LaFever. Didn't Western beat Tech at one point? Hard to say. In recent memory? You're the sports guy.

No offense to my good friends in Lubbock, but that's not saying that much. Didn't you say that you were going to do a play on Bill Simmons being the Boston sports guy and you're going to start portraying yourself as the Austin sports guy? Don't think I've ever said that. What would that even be like? We have one college team. I guess soccer. I guess soccer.

I think Austin FC should build their own fucking stadium. Yeah, I think the Bond election's a joke. We need a futsal team. I'll get behind that. I'm still roller hockey. I think we could have a market. I will personally sponsor a roller hockey team. I don't know why we're not just standing Austin FC right now.

No, I stand. I'm back in on them. I'm going to end up wanting to go to a game and so desperately want other people to go with me that I'm going to get a box so it's air-conditioned and that people actually go with me. It's going to be a box so it's air conditioned and that people actually go with me. It's going to be a tough scene on the credit card statement. Tell Dylan you got that.

You know he'll be there. I know. He's going to be so upset when he realizes that it's an air conditioned room. Can we talk about Zuckerberg real quick before we get into this? What did Zuck do this time? I don't know. You're the one who told us about it. Oh, yeah.

He changed the algorithm again. What did he say? Well, let me preface this. Zart said he's battling climate change. Cool. Okay. Can I tell you how he's doing that? Me too.

Did he stop drinking out of water bottles? No. Virtual reality. Oh, good. So here's how that ties in, according to Zart. Nerd. He said, because virtual reality is getting so good, and Facebook with their quest, whatever the fuck,

virtual reality goggles, they're going to be so lifelike that you can hang out with people like teleporting in their living rooms with virtual reality goggles. And so because of that, you won't need to drive or fly to places. So he's cutting down on emissions. Unless a pair of VR goggles can slide me a shot of Malort at 10.45 p.m. in Micah's kitchen. I don't want a pair of VR goggles to hang out with my friends virtually. Have you guys seen the Black Mirror with Meth Damon? Yes.

Like, that enough will just make you never want to get VR goggles ever. So why would I do this? Is this like spectacles? Yes. Micah had spectacles. He wore them while doing karaoke one time. Did he say they were the future? He didn't seem to love them. Gary Vee did. True story.

Oh, he said that was going to be the next thing. He was all in on Snap. That was a heat check for him. I think Gary Vee owned a hefty amount of Snap stock. Have you been on Snap lately? Like their Discover feed? Nope. It's atrocious. You don't like Instagram's Discover feed?

Go on Snap's. It is the worst of the worst. Is there any scenario where you actually want to do this? No. Am I in the... Oh, yeah, but I don't want to not leave my house. I like to go out and do things. I like to link and not virtually link. You can't kiss your homies with goggles on.

No. It's like going to Google Maps and like drop like street viewing like Hawaii or something. Be like, yep, went there. Never do. Virtual is never going to register for me. Like, I just don't care. Yeah. Well, I just don't.

I don't understand why you'd ever want to do this. It's also the biggest spin zone of all time. So you're saving the climate. Yeah, you're not. He's talking about like people are still to be driving cars and taking planes. Well, no, they're trying to make very large leaps by the end of the decade to make sure that the emissions from these cars and stuff aren't killing it. What about the emissions it'll take to build these VR technologies?

Wow. How about that? Have you seen the videos going around about this is like mining one Bitcoin takes like acres of forest and massive amounts of electricity that are produced unsustainably. I feel like that's Big Bank. Yeah, this is just anti-Bitcoin guy trying to convince us to get out the game. And I can't do that because I'm a proud owner. I'm anti-Bitcoin.

I'm anti-GameStop. You like the tried and true Wall Street blue chips. Get me Disney. I did recently mute some selected stock uh terms on my timelines temporarily bluetooth speaker no definitely not bluetooth speaker dude i'm very plugged into the bts bitcoin's about to hit 57 if you are in bitcoin to make money today i'll respect you in the world or gamestop to make money today go for it if you're in gamestop or bitcoin to make money uh like 10 years now, I'm not with you.

Why? Because there's no end game to Bitcoin unless you're trying to convert it to US dollars. But why can't you? What's wrong if you do that in 10 years? That's fine. I mean, more GameStop 10 years from now. Bitcoin, if you are in it to make money...

Why else would anybody be in it? Because they're saying it's going to revolutionize the way we do. People are buying Bitcoin to use that Bitcoin down the line as their main form of currency. I don't think what Brett gets, I don't think he's understanding the whole blockchain thing or the decentralization. I just feel like he's, that's just,

he has no clue how to blockchain. It's embarrassing. You got your Raycons in? Because it's going like over. I just, there's no argument. There Because it's going like over. I just. There's no argument. Power up. There's no argument. Connected.

Or disconnected. Wow. From the blockchain. Come on, dude. This fucker. I am on the blockchain. I own a Serge Ibaka dunk and a Bam and a Bio assist. Who's bounce pass do I have?

I'm on the block with my chain. There you go. John Stockton. That was good. Josiah Harris. That seems like a pricey one. No, TJ McConnell. I don't know.

I love the LeBron said about Utah. We bought you a Myers Leonard top shot. That's fine. I enjoyed what LeBron had to say. No one was playing with Utah back in the day. No one even plays with them in the NBA Jam here. They should be a top tier team. They don't have them alone.

Who's on that team? Isn't it like Jeff Hornacek in Stockton? Jeff Hornacek? That's pretty good. Do we have anything else on this? I just don't care. I don't want this to be the trend. Anything Zuckerberg does at this point, I'm just out on.

What's his problem? When's the last time you logged into your Facebook? I'm logged. I stay logged in. When's the last time you logged into your facebook i'm logged i stay logged in when's the last time you like surfed facebook for more than two minutes more than two minutes yeah maybe like on my birthday or something i do it just to monitor any extreme takes that my my old uh you know oh i had friends may may harbor i was made aware of a of a anti-vax tape yeah on my that's for those from a high school person and i i actually hopped on there last night to go look at it and it had the the little fact checker thing and covid let me know that it's a let it's bad bad news fake news yeah my aunt is uh deep in the the memes. So she's ripping memes pretty much on the red. So just checking to make sure I know where they stand.

I didn't know your mom was a meme lord. My aunt is a meme lord. Oh, your aunt. Yeah. Oh, I said aunt. See, I don't know. See, is he a fraud? What are you doing?

I don't know. Expose it. Sorry, I didn't mean to expose you. It's okay. Shots to puckered bagels. Should we talk about This Weekend is Fun, presented by Vizzy? Yeah. This calls about vizness.

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I have to admit, we're entering Vizzy weather very quickly right now. It's going to be 80 today. If you don't think it's crossed my mind that I might just sit on a patio and have a black cherry lime, you're wrong. A BLC? Yeah. BCL? BCL. Sorry. My brain's a little scrambled.

They're doing everything right now. They just hit 10,000 followers on Instagram. Let's go. That's pretty good. They're getting two soundboard clips per ad read. You've got to pay for that. You guys know they're doing new flavors as well? Dude, I've got to get my hands on these.

I need to. I'm not looking for handouts, but my gas station down the way, I don't think it's hit them yet. They've got the old flavors, which are still really good. But I want to try these new. I want to be on the first frontier of Vizzy. Everything that the... Ground floor. You want to be ground floor. My plan for this afternoon, go to Total Wine.

One, talk high school basketball. Two, talk high school football. Three, ask them about the new Vizzy flavors. Well, you have to wait until April because they're launching its own lemonade hard seltzer in four delicious flavors, watermelon, peach, raspberry, and strawberry, all with the same antioxidant vitamin C. Which one are you guys most excited for?

I think that peach lemonade might hit different. I saw somebody had it on the TL last night. Really? Yes. Oh, maybe it's out. Maybe you've got an early release. I quote, yes, look at this. Somebody hit us with a peach lemonade,

and I said, perfect night for exactly one viz. Man. Trust to Benjamin. They also have pineapple mango, black cherry lime, like Dave said, strawberry kiwi, blueberry pomegranate, papaya passion fruit, which I have yet to try, and I would love to try that. Blueberry pomegranate is one that I'm watching. Blue pommy? I'm watching. I haven't purchased the stock yet, but I have it on my watch list. What about Watermelon Strawberry, Blackberry Lemon,

and Raspberry Tangerine? Those all sound fantastic, Will. They sound great. They sound wonderful. I want to be in your, whatever the soccer team here is, the box with you just drinking these. Austin FC, David? Yeah, Austin FC.

The Verde? That's green. Right. Ha ha ha. Okay. It never hurts to add some vitamins and antioxidants in the mix. With Vizzy, you can enjoy a refreshment now with antioxidant vitamin C. And at 5% ABV, 100 calories, and less than 1 gram of real cane sugar per can,

every sip of Vizzy is more exhilarating. You know Vizzy Lemonade has 0 grams of sugar per 12-ounce serving? That's the first thing I look for when I'm looking for a hard seltzer. 100%. So when Vizzy came to us, and they're like, by the way, not only does it have a super fruit acerola, vitamin C, antioxidant, zero sugar. If some other hard seltzer tried to drop the bag on us, we'd be like, no, sir. You have way more sugar than what's needed in that seltzer.

We would apply a sugar tax. Yeah. I'm sorry. No. Just not happening. Too into Vizzy right now. Upgrade your hard seltzer to Vizzy. To find out where you can purchase Vizzy, go to VizzyHardSeltzer.com slash washed.

That's VizzyHardSeltzer.com slash washed. Must be 21 or older. I just did it right now. That's where I found Total Wine, Randall's Specs, 7-Eleven, H-E-B, Walmart, Sam's Club, and Favor. Kick us off on your weekend of fun, Brett. What are you going to do with these Vizzys that you pick up? Do a little H-Town this weekend. Really?

Yep. Just because my next two weekends. Is that Houston or Harker Heights? and fun, Brett. What are you going to do with these vizzies that you pick up? Do a little H-Town this weekend. Really? Yep. My next two weekends. Is it Houston or Harker Heights? It's Houston. Where's Harker Heights? Like, back lean? Oh! I'm going there relatively soon. Shout. Next weekend

is Park City. The weekend after we have Delmege play. I know, but this is this weekend in fun, Brett. This weekend. This weekend in fun. I will be spending in Houston. I will probably get some sushi off at some point. How does that work exactly?

Yeah. Isn't the fish already dead? A girl lays down and – Oh, okay. Oh, my. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Something is canceled.

Yeah, we don't really have any plans. We'll probably do dinner, probably do some... You're going to find yourself at El Tiempo at some point. El Tiempo usually happens. And when I say usually, I mean 100% of the time. So yeah, that's probably in the current. When Sally was living in Houston and I had just arrived there, it was almost a guarantee that within two hours we'd be at El Tiempo.

That's fair. That's what you do on Friday when you arrive. It's what you do on Friday when you arrive. It's what you do on Friday. And the El Tiempo on Washington with a little back patio is the best spot for a meal in Texas. Dropped my phone in Queso there. When we went to Houston, like right when we started the company, and we brought Barrett with us, and we were going to go do like a pitch in front of one of the ad agencies, Barrett and I ended up at El Tiempo.

I don't know why you did. Where were you? I had a party to go to, a 30th birthday party for one of my good friends Where was Dylan? I don't know Barrett and I went to an El Tiempo I think it was in Midtown or something

and we went to the upstairs bar and we just sat there for like 3 hours and it was like everybody behind us was like ordering drinks and it was the most fun I've had. Which is sad. It's the best. It was so fun. We just ate fajitas and just slammed whatever their mark is.

El Tiempo's just a satellite office for Matt's El Rancho for Washed Media. It really is. And El Tiempo Sorry, Matt. It's El Tiempo's food blows Matt's out of the water. Lord have mercy, I'm about to bust. Correct take. Okay.

They take American Express, too. Yeah. Which Matt doesn't do anymore. Found that out. If Matt's doesn't make their water glasses back to the original water glasses, there's going to be an issue here. You can't make the salsa spicier and then make your water glasses smaller. That's not how it works.

Their salsa varies. You might go on a night where it is too hot for me. You know I like it hot. Knockouts are now $15, by the way. Limit two. $30. Two for the table. All of a sudden you're

$120 in on just drinks alone. Not that that's a lot, but two margs per person and $120 is insane to me. So when things go back to normal, because today's the first day in Texas where you don't have to wear a mask. When things go back to normal and you can actually start drinking in the inside bar, are they going to

track how many drinks you have before you go sit down at your table and then tell you like oh no we have it on we have a video of you drinking a mexican martini in there based on my waiter from this past weekend no they're gonna we just got a bad way to that one day that kid was going through it he was new he was it was tough he had the handbook it was probably like he had drunk sassy wills we had one of the guys that wears the burnt orange because he's like a Texas dude. Why Barra? Why Barra?

Why Barra? Barra? I don't know. I don't fucking know. It's a vowel for sure. I don't wear that shit. I need one. What are you doing this weekend? I don't know.

Nothing really. Raising a kid. Is that what you do every weekend? We might do a patio. I don't know. Is that what you do every weekend? We might do a patio. I don't know.

As I alluded to earlier, just straight up mentioned, got a little state basketball down in San Antonio. Kind of want to go down for the game. Can you go? Yeah. Last time I went to San Antonio for the game, the good guys lost. Who were the good guys? Michigan.

Michigan against Villanova. Yeah. Was that that game? Watched it next to St. Juan Barkley. Really? From a patio. You could have maybe seen me down there. I was in the very back row. No, I wasn't at the game.

Shouts to J-Bone for the tickets. Watching it on the Riverwatch, saving a table for my former employer, the guys who were courtside. I was saving the table back on the patio bar at the hotel with another guy. Saquon sat down. Shouts. Didn't say anything. Heard he's really tiny in person. Yeah, he's a really, really small dude with no quads.

Dylan's quads might be bigger than his. Wow. Why you got to do them like that? Yeah, I don't really have many plans. I probably won't go. Hopefully it's on TV. There will at least be a stream. But I'll just be hanging out, man.

Just hoping somebody hits me in the tea time. That's all what about you not a lot going on this weekend uh kind of still moving in a little bit right yeah uh we haven't really fully unpacked yet and so you know we're going to try to get some of that stuff done now but as as far as the weekend goes there's going to be a lot of stuff still to unpack. The nursery in the new place is an absolute war zone. There's just boxes everywhere. It's just ugly in there. Wow.

We've got to figure that out. We've got to sort it out. But I do have a new den where I can watch a little footy in. Is there any futsal on this weekend? There's got to be some futsal on. Sally also surprised me with a new little device for the place. Ever heard of an espresso machine? Yeah.

Wow. We're now the proud owners of an espresso. Like just one. It just kind of feels like you're in a hotel. Yeah. That's what hotels have these days. Yeah. It's not enough liquid for me.

Is it one serving at a time? How does that work? Yeah. Okay. And somehow it can tell between the different pods. So they have the smaller pods for an espresso shot, and then they've got the bigger ones for coffee. I don't know how it knows.

Somehow it knows. Sensors probably. She also told me yesterday, she was like, oh, yeah, the only way you can do this is by connecting your phone to Bluetooth, and that's how you choose stuff. And I told her, I was like, if that's the only way that I can brew a cup of coffee, we are returning this machine. No, actually

you have to wear VR goggles. And then it transports you into the machine and you have to actually physically, digitally, pick up said pod. Ah, okay. Saves on emissions, though. Yeah. Did you put the garland with Christmas lights above your cabinets yet? No, I think

we threw it out. No, it's probably with all the Christmas stuff that we stored at Sally's parents' house. With the beer bottle, the empty beer bottles. Oh, we definitely have the empty liquor bottles. On top, right. Kentucky Gentleman, Korsky Vodka, all the good ones. Are you enough of a bourbon guy that you would drink a housewarming bourbon gift I got you? Yeah.

Okay. Yeah, I've actually been drinking bourbon on the rocks more lately than I have pretty much ever. Hat tip, Dave. Dave's baby gift and your housewarming

gift are going to be the same thing, you know what I'm saying? It's fine by me. You need that bourbon. Hell yeah, brother. I'm thinking about

taking a swim off the boat launch this weekend, too. Can you? I don't give a fuck Hey you probably know this As long as it's not big I don't really care Be aware of the algae situation in the lake with Rosie

I know Because you know that's I'm aware Okay Especially as spring starts chirping up That's when things start to get hot Yeah you gotta be careful I don't know if she would run and just jump in on her own

She's wild like that She's chasing a goose or something Dude you know about the goose at our place I know about the goose The goose at our place is trying to throw hands Rosie's gonna She's gonna fuck that. She's chasing a goose or something. Dude, you know about the goose at our place. I know about the goose. The goose at our place is trying to throw hands. Rosie's going to fuck his day up one time. Dude, Rosie's going to kill this goose. It's going to be ugly.

Yeah, 100%. We have like a pigeon or something. I don't know what kind of bird this is. It looks like a pigeon to me. Is it the rainbow pigeon? But dude, no, that rainbow pigeon is very cool. That's a hula hut. That's the hottest pigeon I've ever seen.

I told Sally. So hula hut's the new, not the new restaurant, the restaurant that we're closest to really. You need to go. Abel's. Everyone says how bad the food is, including Dave. I don't care. I told Sally. I was like, I'm going to acclimate myself to the Hula Hut food and just make myself like it so that I have a place right next to us that I can start enjoying.

Find one thing on the menu. Even the worst restaurants have something that's decent. Yes, exactly. There has to be one thing that I can go and have a draft Modelo to and eat some chicken fajita tacos. I don't think it's a crazy thing to think. And I'm going to start forcing you guys to come join me at Hula Hut. Twist my arm, Will. I mean, good spot.

That's what they do at the Hut. You said you're watching futsal and footy this weekend. There's also all-time background sports on this weekend with the America's Cup. So that actually was on last night, 10.30 Central Time. It's currently recorded. No spoilers. From last night? Don't give me any spoilers from last night.

I'm not spoiling you. I don't even know who wins. I don't know what the teams are. How about this? A little players' championship. We do have the TPS. We got ourselves some golf. 17.

See who goes in the drink, you know? Yeah, most people are familiar with that. Potentially Dan. Dan goes over the drink. He gets it onto that lawn behind. Gotta say, as far as a golf-watching experience in person, being there on that lawn watching

into 17 was so fun it gets hot hot hot that was a day and then i think i they tried to kick me out well they brought us to that cocktail making session thing and that's where things went from fun to straight up rowdy oh yeah we were uh what were we doing i don't remember we were muddling muddling we also went to uh go see we went to a restaurant we were smearing i forget it was called like blue lagoon or something a place that's grand mcdowell's place i think bryson was sitting next to us bryson also uh somebody who looked like dj but wasn't dj it was dj's brother was that dj's brother i think we confirmed that it was his

brother i could be wrong we could have made it up. We were pretty drunk. Like that guy we saw at Woodrow's who was a hockey player? I wasn't there, but it sounds like you guys had a really good time. Can you imagine seeing Bryson next to you at a steakhouse now? Like, you're just like, the whole time you're gawking. You're like, all right, he's going porterhouse, twice-baked potato. He eats two twice-baked potatoes. Quadruple-baked potatoes, asparagus. He's schmearing butter all over it.

Schmearing it. Guy's got any schmears? Brittany schmears. Gross, I'm sorry. He strikes me as a... I don't know. I'm fucking done. We're not doing Brittany jokes right now, dude.

You're right. You're right, and I apologize. Brett, what's your breaking news? Well, as a matter of fact, I'm glad you asked. Since Dylan's not here, Dave, would you like to do a little choose-your-adventure here? Sure. Would you like to go the National Hockey League?

Is that going to be you just bitching about the Sabres? No, it's not. It's good news. Okay. Amazon Robots or Taco Bell? Taco Bell. Sure. Or Taco Hell. Got him! Taco Bell. I feel like there's an article like this every single week, but Taco Bell is bringing Bell. Sure. Taco Hell. Got him. Taco Bell. I feel like there's an article like this every single week, but Taco Bell is bringing back

a fan favorite after a five-year hiatus, Dave. Is that the McRib? No, it's the Quesalupa. Oh, that is a fan favorite. What? Which is a taco, but the shell is a quesadilla. Yeah, that's too much. Yeah.

I like a good cheese gordita crunch. I guess that's the exact same concept, but with a hard taco. So you have two quesadillas, and in the middle is like meat, ground beef. Sorry if we didn't throw it up. That is so stupid. It's probably very good if you are inebriated, though. The $2.99. If you're going off that loud, this thing would hit.

I'm looking at it now, and I take back any bad thing I said about it in the last 15 seconds. This thing looks phenomenal. They are promising an epically cheesy experience, John. Don't like that. I'm going to try this. With 50% more cheese, a mixture of melted pepper jack and matz, compared to its predecessor. They're testing locations in Knoxville, Tennessee. Or they had been.

And now they're launching it nationwide for $2.99 a pop. That's not cheap for Taco Bell. Well, you're getting a quesadilla and a taco in one. It's true. Their quesadilla sauce is the worst stuff they have on the menu. It's trash. Fiesta sauce. You know, there's nothing worse than the

mexican pizza it's too messy it's not it's not good how do you eat it let's do amazon robots sure amazon uh their secret home robot vesta you're familiar with alexa have you heard of vesta does that mean it's uh it's like, you know the Facebook portal? You saw the ads for that? It's Amazon's portal competitor. Whoa. It's a screen. Okay.

The device has been under development for around four years, and now has more than 800 employees working on it. Is this a thing with the face? No, it doesn't have a face. Like the literal black mirror thing? Are you sure it doesn't have a face? You want to see my face? I want to see your face! Show him your face, brother Bill!

The problem is it's purposely vague right now. Of course it is, because it's probably fucking listening to all your conversations and rating your body through like it's weird camera. Well, you know, as long as it makes my life easier, just take my metadata. Here's the. Someone I know recently, they were like, yeah, for Christmas, I got my parents one of those fitness trackers from Amazon.

And I was like, oh, the one that you stand in front of a mirror naked and it tells you what to do with your body. There is one of those? Yes. Oh, that's just getting your nudes. Yes. Yeah. Here's the basic premise of Vesta, though. An Amazon Echo on wheels.

Voice-activated assistant that can navigate your home, respond to your commands, and interface with other smart home devices. You know, smart home. Interestingly enough, you don't need it to be on wheels because if you have a voice, you can actually just talk to it and it doesn't need to follow you around in smart home interestingly enough uh you don't need it to be on wheels because if you have a voice you can actually just talk to it and it doesn't need to follow you around in your home the device is the size of two small cats that is such a weird comparison why don't you just say

one large cat one dog yeah the robot will be equipped with a screen a microphone and several cameras uh and can also include sensors for monitoring temperature, humidity, air quality, and a small compartment for carrying objects with a waist-high retractable pole with a camera. Do you get to name it? The pole? The robot. Oh. Vesta.

Hey, Vesta, bring me a Vizzi. Someone gives me one of these for Christmas. Vesta. Hey, Vesta, bring me a Vizzy. Someone gives me one of these for Christmas. I'm walking straight to my sports closet, and I'm pulling up my baseball bat, and I'm just smashing this thing right off the bat. You say that now. There's no way you have a sports closet.

I have a sports closet, Dave. Do you want me to take a picture of it today and show you my sports closet? Is it like your trophies from high school? No, it's just kind of like a yoga mat and like a lumbar support thing and my Peloton shoes. It's just shit that your parents offloaded from your home, your hometown room. Yeah. Sally, we actually,

I, so I have a Louisville slugger. I've heard of it. It's a bat has my name on it. Sick. And we were going to get rid of it because we were like, Oh, I know I wasn't going to get rid of it,

but I was going to bring it to the office. Just, we had a bat that, you know, Dan could walk around with. Dan walks around with threateningly. And then instead of doing that, we decided to,

uh, Sally's like, well, if we have a, if we have a boy that could go in the nursery and look pretty dope. And I was like, you know what decided to, Sally's like, well, if we have a boy, that could go in the nursery and look pretty dope. And I was like, you know what, Sally? That's very resourceful.

Weren't you going to name your kid Slugger? Yeah. Slug for short. Slug. I thought you were doing Tenacious. Just trying to find a balance. Sorry, that's a joke that you guys don't get because you guys don't listen to Atmosphere. Absolutely don't get that.

Good ski music, though. Atmosphere? They used to be on, like, Warren Miller videos. Probably. Yeah. They're from Minnesota, so of course.

You missed my Tenacious DeFreeze reference. Yeah, I understood it. I'm not out on Tenacious D, but I just don't find them very amusing anymore. Yeah, it doesn't really hold up as much. Jack Black's dancing videos

on TikTok are kind of ruining Jack Black for me a little bit. Duda actually ruined Jack Black for me. Yeah, he did a good job of that. I was like, well, yeah,

you're right. I'll fuck off. Hey, what's the NHL news? They have signed a multi-year deal with ESPN to bring NHL back to the worldwide leader. I was going to say, that is the worldwide leader in sports. They are. That's big. It's huge.

No, that's good. That's good news for everybody. That means they're definitely going to have games on ESPN Plus and stuff like that, right? Yes. I would hope so. That absolutely means games on ESPN Plus. stuff like that, right? Yes. I would hope so. That absolutely means games on ESPN Plus. It could mean the return of Gary Thorne. That would be huge for the squad.

Is he alive? Yeah, he's doing Baltimore Orioles games. Oh. He was the voice of MLB 2014 or 2K4, whatever they called it, for a while. 14 or 2K14, whatever they called it, for a while. But that dude, as much as Jim Nance, I can connect in like Al Michaels with Miracle. I think the voice of Gary Thorne and Doc Emmerich are the two biggest NHL voices in my lifetime.

Are they bringing back National Hockey Night? They have to. You know, Bucci's front of the program is horny for this. They're bringing back the... Yeah, he's relevant again. They're bringing back the shot tracker that goes on the puck that tells you how hard... Yeah, they're bringing that back. That was Fox.

I loved it. Dude, it was hard back in the day to see that fucking puck. Still is. Dude, your arms are looking hella vascular today, David. Yes, it was full body Tuesday yesterday. Thanks for noticing. Your other one, your left one is like popping underneath. I'm very impressed.

Well, Will, you're about to be impressed by something else. Welcome to Dave's surprise viral video of the week. Randy, let's watch this surprise viral video. What is this? Is this from ESPN FC? Just mash that play button. Oh, is this from ESPN FC? Just mash that play button. Oh, oh, no. You do not want the set falling on you in the middle of it.

Oh, oh, my God. He's okay. He's okay? Heard the tweet. I haven't looked into it, but I think he's okay. So we can always delete this. ESPN FC, which is the soccer part of ESPN, just had part of their set fall down and absolutely smoke a dude's face onto the chair.

How about the professionalism out of Buddy in the Middle that, oh! Dude, you can't watch the video without saying, oh! That dude's a pro. Can we, if he's okay, can we meme this? He was uninjured, according to the tweet. Yeah, Randy, please just meme this. How is he uninjured? Wow. Wow.

Well, I think on that note, I think we can get the hell out of here. Thank you for your surprise Viola Video of the Week, David. That was good. Happy birthday, Johnny Epps. Who's Johnny Epps? The guy that's his birthday.

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