Sunday Morning Coming Down

John brings back a second helping of wisdom from Nashville, including a trip to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He reminds us to shake with our left hands, and updates us all on the Winter Carnival Medallion hunt. 

John is in Nashville where fried bacon sandwiches are recession proof at $6. He finds wisdom from a couple young bucks and hopes J.J. McCarthy can make the entire state of Minnesota more Zen. 

John caught the Noro . . .Roto . . .whatever is going around. But fear not, it’s to your benefit as his fever dreams helped him realize while the entire world is focused on Artificial Intelligence we should be focused on emotion and love. 

Happy New Year! It’s 2025 and that means “Zen” and “Others,” for John. He pushes through the holiday haze to help a buddy with a little wisdom for a first-time dad expecting a daughter. 

John has a full house with shoes stacked in the entryway, and that’s a good thing. He looks forward to 2025 encouraging us to both find the plus in ourselves, while remembering OTHERS is the only thing that will make you feel good. 

John breaks through the year end melancholy with help from his spirit animal, Red Cooler Ronnie. He also always leaves a couple clean dishes out as a sign of respect when unloading the dish washer. 

The Kings host another successful neighborhood party, and John spends a weekend alone. Yes, he did order Domino’s pizza, at least once so far. 

John takes a big “L” on his family holiday card, shares wisdom from a soccer legend, advises how best to order a nicotine pouch at the C-Store, and sounds the horn for the official start of “tuck-in” season. 

The Kings successfully hosted Thanksgiving, John found wisdom through a 5K, and he also changed his license plates all by himself. Impressive! 

John visits sacred ground at the Malibu RV Park, gets some next level wisdom from an old advertising buddy, and tells us what we should be watching on TV while attempting to decode Hindu scripture. So, basically a normal episode.  

John shares some wisdom from Taylor Sheridan and Elvis Presley, while somehow missing garbage day. That said his Christmas Cards are designed and ordered for their scheduled Thanksgiving release. 

John breaks down the Nebraska trip with his brothers a bit more (beyond complaining about electric vehicles). He encourages us to win the next period as we approach the holidays, finding our next adventure big or small. Heck, it might be a simple as a trip to orchestra hall.

Turns out there are more efficient ways of travel than taking an electric SUV from Minnesota to Nebraska. John gets familiar with Casey’s and Kwik Stop’s throughout the upper Midwest and goes big for Halloween serving up full size and a bag of chips.  

John is currently living his best life (post Dominoes) on the road visiting his son in Fort Lauderdale and helping his daughter recover in Portland, Maine. The pod returns to its roots with bathroom banter, Jamaican Uber driver wisdom, and a good old fashioned drinking story! 

John shares wisdom from the Finnish Flash, starts to see the benefits of journaling, and thinks long walks might be his snacking salvation. And he still had time to get the jet ski out of the water and replaced the furnace filter. 

John wonders if booya is gross, gathers wisdom from part 2 of his dinner of discourse, and gets to see his daughter win a major award in the greatest city in the world. Get 20% off DripDrop -> https://shrsl.com/4o0k5

John toasts the late Kris Kristofferson, gathers some old school wisdom at a dinner out, and embraces a world where his wife plays golf and watches football documentaries. 

The docks are coming out, and Tally’s is closing for the season—so, summer is officially over, even if John still plans to listen to a few more Vikings games on the water.  He also remembers popsicles being way bigger. 

John gets a wake-up call with a car accident, wonders if he’s turning into a Progressive ad, and is hard at work making the concert t-shirt (or Wiki page) for his annual guy’s trip. 

John is home alone, but surprisingly has yet to order Domino’s pizza. He shares wisdom from a progressive junior hockey coach, reminds all online gamblers the importance of visiting the pay window, and learns that oil and water still don’t mix. 

It’s early Fall, and John is wondering if cream cheese has been pigeonholed, if karma is real, and how to avoid zebra mussel small talk at all costs. He also played catch, so there’s that. 

It’s a three-day weekend, John’s son is home, College GameDay is back on the air. All that’s left to decide is if we should go on the boat, or to the Fair. A good problem to have. 

John is live from the Minnesotan booth at the State Fair. Enjoy a candid conversation about steak salads, screw-ups, and wisdom from an entrepreneur. 

John’s summer of pontoon pandemonium continues, with a fresh new situation. He wonders how much his life would improve if he could just outsource everything he’s not good at, and he visits Irish Fest. 

John contemplates midlife frustration, dissatisfaction, while finding at least partial answers from an old movie, and Bill Murray. He also misses Shinders.