PrttySweet Distractions

Smooth shiny baubles abound. The sound of jingle bells is all around. A big strong fir or some logs on the fire, tells us what do these holiday icons inspire?   Naughty or nice, tell us all about those bells, balls, and some hard wood.

Is it the cooler weather? Perhaps. Is it that people tend to be kinder during the holidays? Could be. What is it that makes the holidays feel like the holidays or summer feel like summer? Let's talk about the feeling of a season, whichever that may be.

We all prepare for the holidays in different ways, but sharing time with loved ones can be a truly beautiful experience. Sometimes, it’s bittersweet. While we all look forward to Thanksgiving leftovers. Sometimes, the holidays change in the blink of an eye. When we lose someone we love, it’s the little things that we miss most. The pie isn’t quite the same. The holidays seem a bit more hollow when...

A flock of ravens is called a conspiracy or an unkindness. But in today’s world, it can seem that everyone is out for themselves. Gone are the days of truly polite society. It feels like there is a true conspiracy of unkindness.

It's Functional dysfunction, after family has come and done what family does, come and tell us all about it. The shenanigans, the memories, the food... come join us in the aftermath and trek us all about it.    

Are you ever the optimist? Perhaps it’s easier to see the darker side of things? Maybe, you just like to stir things up or get by with the bare minimum. We're taught that anything worth doing is worth doing well. But what if we do things so badly, that others will do it for us? Ideal, no. KInd? Also no. What half do you fall into?

Crisp nights mean cuddle weather is upon us. Do you like to snuggle up in front of the fireplace? Do you like a warm comforter and a soft bed? When you get a little chilly, do you get a lot of thrill?  

Spooky season is over, and the skeletons are back in the closet, but the turkey hasn’t even been thawed. Why then are we bombarded with all the jingling bells in every store on every radio? Are you ready for the holidays to take over everything, or are you the type that likes one holiday at a time?

Italian sonnets, shakespearean sonnets, sestinas, oh my! Pantoum, palindrome, and blank verse to try. Acrostic or concrete, doesn't matter the mode. Villanelles, monotetra, blank verse, or ode. 

Pumpkin spice lattes have taken over. But does pumpkin spice really belong in everything? Forget the allspice in weird places. and just eat the pie!  

Changing leaves, crisp air, pumpkins, spice. and shorter days. Do you fall in love? Do you spice your rum? Tell us, how do you Fall?

It boils from the depths of our being, welling up and spewing forth in hateful vengeance. The urge to wreak painful havoc can be overwhelming and, at times, well deserved. Did wrath breed wrath. Is retaliation always justified? Shall we strike in preemptive and angered fortitude? What would your wrath look like unfettered? Release the kraken of your mind and call your wrath by name. (bonus outro s...

This is the companion show to our Live Hell Week show on WRATH. We hope you enjoy.     

Desire can't possibly be a bad thing, can it? Attraction and passion play an important part in romantic love and love is a virtue. Why does it feel so good to be bad? Tell us your lusty secrets or secret desires. Please do make them delectably sinful.  

This is the companion show to our Live Hell Week show on LUST. We hope you enjoy.   

Avarice, when more is never enough. It's good to want things. However, when we want all the things it's bad? Can there really be too much of a good thing? I want an Oompa Loompa, NOW! Can we want all the things and still be humble? The world is not enough!  

This is the companion show to our Live Hell Week show on GREED. We hope you enjoy. 

Oh! the apathy! It's a horror! When that lack of desire turns into chronic laziness, we internalize the dialogue. It looks like nothing, but sometimes, it feels like everything. Where is the line between rest, contemplation, and tempting fate in sin?  

This is a Hell Week companion show to the livestream on SLOTH. We hope you enjoy.

  Green: the color of witches and jealous bitches. Thou shalt not covet, but... what if you want it or need it or, at the very least, if you can't have it why should they. Do you look good in green? Jealous much?

Welcome to our Hell Week companion shows. Please be sure to check out the live shows every night during Hell Week, where we talk about the seven deadlies. 

When does boasting become a sin? Aren't we allowed to appreciate ourselves? Why is Pride the root of all sins, yet society grooms us to want to excel? Dig those nails into the prideful flesh of sin.

This is the companion show to our live Hell Week podcasts. We hope you enjoy. 

Indulge me! Food, drink, even punishment, what do you bask in? Is it a crutch, a vice,... an addiction? Tell me, is it deadly? Welcome to Hell Week 2025. Tell us all about it