Up the Tree

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I’m not really sure about what the PodCast Awards is all about, but I sure as pie would love is one of you fine people would nominate you know who. I’m going to nominate some of my favorite podcasts and I urge you all to go our and single out the podcasts that you truly enjoy.

I’ll update you all on my progress through the awards and of course my big win… well at least my concession speech.

In other news Josiah and I might be on our local NYC news channel shortly with an expose on NY home podcasting set-ups.

I’ll be appearing in a UK mag about podcasting, I think, although the dude only asked for one of my photographs to display. Last time that happened all I got was a mention next to my podcast icon.

*Now get nominating!*

!<(photo)http://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/tigon.jpg(Tigon)!:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigon I thought that this link is so vastly important, that I couldn’t relegate it to the sidebar. It turns out that the world of _Napoleon Dynamite_ is real and that we have all been living a lie!

I give thee the “liger.”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger a real life cross between a male lion and a female tiger.

Of course if that doesn’t stir your fancy, maybe you’re more of a “tigon”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigon sort of person. A tigon is of course the a cross between a male tiger and a female lion.

All these pale in comparison to the final output of these majestic animals which are called _ti-tigons, ti-ligers, or li-ligers._ Or if they really get jiggy, _ti-li-tigons_ or _li-ti-ligers._ These of course all bring up the age old question… what is a tigger?

*Oh bother.*

IT’S ANOTHER FULL SHOW!!! Although I’m too tired to write full show notes - I will write them today I swear.

p(update). I just wanted to apologize to Jessica for calling her “Seth’s Wife.” She is her own woman and is not only part of the podcast community but also has the best voice in podcasting. Sorry for not calling you by your name… but I was kinda’ drunk. Congrats on the rug rats you crazy kids.

h4. Played on Today’s Show

# Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
# Little Wounds - Herman Dune - Not On Top
# Hope There’s Someone - Antony & the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
# Change Clothes - Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
# Mapped and Coursed - All Combinations - Ghosts
# Wrong Lens Wrong Film - Tiger Bear Wolf - Tiger Bear Wolf

h4. Mentioned on Today’s Show

* “Celebrate Brooklyn”:http://www.brooklynx.org/celebrate/schedule.asp and the get together on Saturday, June 25 - 7:30PM - New Pornographers / Stars / The Sadies

!<(photo)http://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/thumbzoom.png(Thumb)!:http://www.threadless.com/product/256/Darth_Enjoyed_Gardening

Pants can tell you a lot about a person. You can tell volumes just by looking at the brand, style, cut, and manufacture of a pair of pants. Does this person work in an office that requires a slacks? Do they have a casual Friday dress code? Are they a “Pleat Person”? Do they care that the tapered jeans that they are wearing makes them look like a smurf sugar cone?

Currently my pants will tell you about my struggle not to move up to a size 36 waist. My pants will tell you that I will not admit defeat, but the battle so far has not been a good one. They might hint to you about my penchant for burgers with fries (even though I know I should have the salad). They might mention that I continue to buy “threadless”:http://www.threadless.com/product/256/Darth_Enjoyed_Gardening t-shirts in a size medium, even though I look like a sausage in every other medium threadless t-shirt I own. Or they might say that the use of a belt is purely for display purposes only.

But I cannot go to a size 36, for that move will be accepting defeat and accepting a lifestyle I don’t want to lead. It’s one step further toward shopping at the *Big & Tall* department stores. But I won’t be a tall man, OH NO, I will be a big man. Being tall is a medical condition, while being big is just eating to many Crispy Creame crullers.

I shall not be a 36! I cannot be. It is not my destiny.

For this Friday’s _thing you can do to avoid working while the boss is away_ we shall be visiting the world of SPAM. Yup you heard me right, SPAM. That stuff in your inbox that you can’t wait to delete, but this is good SPAM. This is creativity inspired by SPAM called “Spamusement.”:http://spamusement.com/

The folks at Spamusement take the subject lines of SPAM and create little cartoons to illustrate them.

*Abe Lincoln Never got it*

!(photo)http://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/65.png(have you ever benefited from a smallcap?)!:http://spamusement.com/index.php/comics/view/63

*Now browse until you get fired.*