Married Geek Couple

Welcome back to what I'm calling Season 2 of Married Geek Couple. Last week (as of this posting), Barb and I were nearly carried out to sea, and avoiding that meant that Barb, especially, could have died. So here we are to tell you about that experience-- first me, then her. For the curious: the name of the heart-related enzyme she mentions is "troponin."

This is the first chapter of our prose novel HUNGRY GHOSTS. I, Park, am the person reading it out loud. We'll get back to our Road Trip episodes again at some point, but for now, I learned from working with the first chapters of our other two books that these are too long to embed (if that's the proper term) into a page of our website... And I didn't want to divide it in half... so her...

This is the first chapter of our prose novel THE TALKING CURE. I, Park, am the person reading it out loud. We'll get back to our Road Trip episodes again at some point, but for now, I learned from working with the first chapter of SONG TO THE SIREN that these are too long to embed (if that's the proper term) into a page of our website... And I didn't want to divide it in half... so her...

This is the first chapter of our prose novel SONG TO THE SIREN. I, Park, am the person reading it out loud. We'll get back to our Road Trip episodes again at some point, but for now, I was thinking of just putting this audio file on our website-- but it's too long! And I didn't want to divide it in half! So here it is as an episode of our podcast. It's our hope that hearing the fir...

Road Trip TWO continues as Barb (and I, but mostly Barb) talk more about music, this time involving Merry Clayton and Dennis Wilson... amongst other things...

Road Trip TWO continues as Barb (and I, but mostly Barb) talk more about music, this time involving The Psychedelic Furs and Bob Dylan... we also talk about long road trips, like the time last year when weather deeply endangered Barbara and her mother-in-law on a journey...

In which we talk about those Myrmidons of Melodrama: The Shangri-Las!

In which we talk about the songs "Shut It Tight" and "Bonnie and Clyde"

It's another very musical episode, where we talk about Evie Sands, The Beach Boys, Love and Mercy... and Thor: Ragnarok? Meh, that sort of thing happens sometimes when you're just talking about things you like...!

Married Geek Couple, Road Trip #6: Great Musical Vocal Performances, and The Master’s Sun and K-Dramas

Married Geek Couple, Road Trip #5: Folk horror, Halloween the movie, Alex Chilton (yes, again), and The Cramps

Married Geek Couple, Road Trip #4: Road Trips, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Warner Brothers cartoons

Hi! Park here again, with more of our new podcast, MARRIED GEEK COUPLE! We're continuing with Barb and myself on a road trip– to visit my mother, for Thanksgiving. So we’re talking in the car, on the highway, so yes, there will be some road noise– be warned! But I also think it’s really not too bad, and other people agree with me, because whichever one of us is talking for more than a couple of se...

Hi! Park here again, with more of our new podcast, MARRIED GEEK COUPLE! We're continuing with Barb and myself on a road trip– to visit my mother, for Thanksgiving. So we’re talking in the car, on the highway, so yes, there will be some road noise– be warned! But I also think it’s really not too bad, and other people agree with me, because whichever one of us is talking for more than a couple of se...

Hi! Park here again, with more of our new podcast, MARRIED GEEK COUPLE! This time is the start of Barb and myself on a road trip– to visit my mother, for Thanksgiving. So we’re talking in the car, on the highway, so yes, there will be some road noise– be warned! But I also think it’s really not too bad, and other people agree with me, because whichever one of us is talking for more than a couple o...

Our tenth episode. We're just chatting about our life together and testing our ability to record audio, and trying to stay positive! We start talking about kids' books...

Our ninth episode. We're just chatting about our life together and testing our ability to record audio, and trying to stay positive! Barb suddenly starts talking about the old song "Up on the Roof." This one has her singing a bit, which is always nice. She's like this all the time at home.

Our eighth and longest episode so far! We're just chatting about our life together and testing our ability to record audio, and trying to stay positive! You know what makes us feel positive? Mugs! Everyone has one or more favorite mugs! Then we start talking about listening to BBC radio shows, and then our talk turns to the trauma Barb got one time when she was ambushed by hearing Leonard Nimoy si...

Our seventh episode. We're just chatting about our life together and testing our ability to record audio, and trying to stay positive! Barb decides to say some positive things about delivery drivers, and I tell a story about a time when Barb's laughter got just a teensy bit out of control (but that just makes me love her more).

Our sixth episode. We're just chatting about our life together and testing our ability to record audio, and trying to stay positive! We start talking about the word "hoodlum" (because we were talking about Robin Hood last episode, get it?), and that somehow leads to '60s movies, which leads to musical duo Chad and Jeremy...

Our fifth little episode. We're just chatting about our life together and testing our ability to record audio, and trying to stay positive! Here we're chatting about foxes and Robin Hood...

Our third and longest episode so far. We're just chatting about our life together and testing our ability to record audio, and trying to stay positive! Talking about Guinness got us started talking about writer Dorothy L. Sayers, which led to P. G. Wodehouse, which leads to Peter Sellers...

Our fourth episode. We're just chatting about our life together and testing our ability to record audio, and trying to stay positive!

Our second tiny episode. We're just chatting about our life together and testing our ability to record audio, and trying to stay positive! While Barb does stuff in the kitchen, we start talking about some pint glasses we own, and Guinness.

Our first tiny episode. We're a married geek couple of writers who are just chatting about our life together and testing our ability to record audio, and trying to stay positive in the face of (gestures at rest of world)! While having "preakfast" ("pre-breakfast"), we start by just talking about the stuff on the wall above our dining table.