Nicole and Michael say goodbye to celebs, talk shrinking daylight, sweaty vegetables, Aussie dog drama, and the $50K cloning question. Plus: Henry’s rear, smart TV tips, iced tea hacks, and why vanity sizing is ruining lives. It’s hot, chaotic, and weirdly informative—just how we like it. Listen to the full episode now.
Show Notes for Season 4 Episode 12
- RIP
- Days are getting shorter
- Henry’s rear end
- Ears and rears – I clean his ears so he only gets the rears due to allergies
- Glandex wipes
- Cytopoint
- Listen here for information on Henry’s allergies – Season 3, Episode 5
- Corn sweat is back (evapotranspiration) and soybeans sweat too
- 49 to 56 billion gallons of water into the atmosphere each day just in Iowa
- In Illinois with 12 million acres of corn it gives off 48 billion gallons of water daily or enough to fill 73,000 Olympic-size swimming pools
- Other fruit and veg that impact the weather are
- Lettuce (especially iceberg and other head varieties)
- Spinach
- Cabbage
- Swiss Chard
- Kale
- Watercress
- Bok Choy
- Cruciferous Vegetables:
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Brussels Sprouts
- Other:
- Celery (very high water content)
- Cucumbers
- Zucchini
- Tomatoes (though their transpiration is often through the stem scar or broken skin)
- Okra
- Peppers
- Asparagus
- Squashes (winter and summer)
- Barely
- Wheat
- Rice
- In Kalamazoo we are mostly impacted by corn – 50,000 acres, but we also produce a lot of blueberries and cherries. A city like Salinas, CA would not be impacted by corn because they grow broccoli and cauliflower.
- It is hot everywhere, except CA
- Heat index chart
- Dew point calculator or heat index calculator
- Aussies and Covid
- Facebook groups are full of aussies with reactivity, anxiety and “mild aggression”
- Looked at other breeds and it is common across all breeds around 4 or 5 years old. Another problem is they are not housebroken and they have issues eating kibble – prefer people food – and a lot more dogs cannot be around other dogs
- Cloning your dog
- Viagen Pets
- Cost is $50,000
- Vanessa Johnson
- Clothing
- Santiny Women’s Hiking Shorts
- Lysol Laundry Sanitizer
- Vanity sizing is making us all miserable
- New television
- How to choose a television
- Television buying quiz
- Good luck with a screen under 55 inches (ours was last year’s model)
- Ask Mr. Chat
- LG – 48″ Class B4 Series OLED 4K UHD Smart webOS TV
- Best buy return policy
- Govee lights (one year return policy, but they sent me new lights regardless)
- Ice tea
- 6 to 8 tea bags – Luzianne brand
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup sweetener (ketogenic or not)
- Boil 4 cups water and sweetener on stove top
- Place tea bags in heat proof container
- Pour hot (not boiling) water and sweetener mixture on tea bags and let steep for 5 minutes
- Add tea mixture to 4 cups cold water in large container and let sit in fridge until cold
- 80 ounce glass pitcher