Roderick on the Line

Ep. 35: “You Give ‘Em Israeli Eyes” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : Preparing the stage for Mr. Roderick; laminating the lady in the field; John battles mean stycks with Feminesium ; oratory from a conveyor belt; graciously accepting a doll made of human hair; plus, everybody hates a crappy birthday grift.

Ep. 34: “A Shit Barge Full of Long Pigs” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : Brobdingnagian morning cookies; the time LTJG David Roderick (USN) kind of maybe scared off a Zero with his rogue Colt M1911; Merlin windmills through his brief Kneepads and Floppy Epaulets Phase ; why John thinks depths charges are a careless and potentially orphan-endangering pu...

Ep. 33: “Starts to Slurry” - Roderick on the Line on Huffduffer The Problems : The Conversion of the Jutes ; maids of scullery, milk, and otherwise; hacks for avoiding Saturday fires; Roderick’s Law of Condescending Reverse Obsequiousness; No Claptons, No Claptons, No Claptons! ; concentric naval circles around the seaman’s wheelhouse; the decline and fall of one anachronistic 11-year-...

Ep. 32: “Incidental Boners” - Roderick on the Line on Huffduffer The Problems : visions of candy-corn antennae; the 4 kinds of kids; casual racism toward lions; John’s kosher ambulance conundrum; things that used to be other things; a misspent youth in pipebomb sales; sitting precariously on the sill of gay; John and Merlin find consonance in a dot-com incubator; the superiority of French &l...

Ep. 31: “Our Orange Franklin” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : Addressing the ersatz physicians of midwestern Christian aristocracy;  The He-Man John Roderick Haters Club ; goose-stepping at Schützenfest; enjoying a fancy meal at Sclerotic McStuffingtons™; Le Petite Mal Mort de «Mademoiselle» ; the awkward moment when Ol...

Ep. 30: “Cement Gravy Boat of Suffering” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : gripping at sand in Noordwijk; handcuffs on the rear-view mirror; dancing for children in a public square; how to stock up for John; trying to outsmart ghosts; learning why we stopped sleeping outside; how much for that dream girl in the window?; and the night John finally re...

Ep. 29: “Eventually My Scabs Healed” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : hippies vs. stoners; lost in Wikipedia; thumbing a ride to Kilimanjaro; the Petty Thieves of Avignon; John’s raving on a Spanish beach; when good battles nice ; 24-track tape you could read through; the persistence of zombies; living with shaka brah hand; great monks versus garden-variety crazies...

Ep. 28: “The Sheriff of Twisp” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : John’s compromised immune system; Achilles’ lung; octogenarian barrel rolls; compulsory camps for teens; a cup of hobo cigarettes; getting schooled by The Jesuit; a hurried snapshot in Harlem; why Merlin blames Joni Mitchell; and John’s potential as a reluctant, no-nonsense lawman.

Ep. 27: ”Bellinghamming” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : John’s waxy buildup; The Bubble Bath Rotation; helping two halfway houses become a whole; some benefits of German underpants; Sly offers a PA some oral notes; Cal stands upon his head; Merlin’s unfortunate Era Era; A Brief History of John’s Egregious Rashes; and mastering the international...

Ep. 26: “Go Practice the Car” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : John refutes Poe’s telephone; surprising contagion of the beloved vuvuzuvuzela; Roger Daltrey: District Attorney ; The ’Barrow Boy’s Patrician Shrug; a balrog in the dwarf mines; comments are still steadfastly disabled; white wizard potential; longevity means finding r...

Ep. 25: “Supertrain” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : teching makes; radioactive devil dogs; faking the patois poorly; Anakin’s dubious conception; plus, a detailed glimpse into your exciting new role in John’s comprehensive plan. SUPERTRAIN! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Ep. 24: “The Wrong Mustache” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : Our great nation’s vein of Juggalos; out-of-period (OOP) vermin; small-cask Canadian hooker bacon; adventures in intellectual LARP-ing; underwhelming donut memorials (and their equally disappointing water features); preferred ladies footwear for dramatic airport escapes; John’s nationally-tel...

Ep. 23: “Flange of the Angel Curve” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : John really feels his capillaries, Göring designs a flag, and Merlin cops to (generally) Grievous Daughterly Harm. Also: how warm milk and a patient pencil can tease the scolex of a freeloading, Carter-administration parasite from the back of your Magic Hammer Pants. One tip? S...

Ep. 22: “My Own Dungeon Master” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems : This new chickenshit Navy, high school steel-folders, late-night Casals lesson, and John’s curious imperviousness to est®.

Ep. 21: “Dead Rubber Girl in My Closet” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problem : Oates, Alfalfa, and some numerous options for love. Episode Transcription by Max

Ep. 20: “We Can All Agree on Cheese” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problem : Lot of people can’t enjoy a lady steak. Sophistic Phallusies | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Ep. 19: “Finger Camping Trip” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problem : Addressing John’s Vitamin D Deficiency. “Didn’t that used to be a urology clinic?” | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Ep. 18: “Main Pastrami Incisor” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problem : Where’s John’s parade?

Roderick on the Line - Ep. 17: “Antisocially Promoted” on Huffduffer The Problem : Sometimes, the system works a little too well. From Last In His Class to First In Her Heart by  Ted

The Problems : some Tommies in rock; the ad mominem attack; a Shirley Jackson “The Lottery”-type situation; passing diabetes to the tater tots; John’s quest for a worthy Smart Hate Sink; fighting to stay grandfathered into free nights, weekends, and friends; always with the ping-pong; and, why it might finally be time for John to whip out his long, pastoral paean.

The Problems : little things and Erma Bombeck syndrome; relaxing with a couple meatball subs; the high line’s cyrogenic prolongation; still no luck dialing down the ping-pong; Merlin suffers a moist or missing Times ; enjoying Michigan’s passing sandwiches; why marijuana sometimes makes sense; extra meat for a dollar; speculation on the genesis of bathrooms; skirting the waiting period...

Roderick on the Line - Ep. 14: “Big City Apology” on Huffduffer The Problems : all things golden, antiqued, chocolatey, and considered; public radio murmuring; tales of fraud and malfeasance in Adam Ant wallet licensing; thwarted love in a 6-story wooden bookcase; tea taxonomies; The Dustin Hoffman Scenario; hats off to the Confident Delivery Guy; the scotty that nails 3-pointers; Blackie chases B...

The Problems : John’s commercial opportunities; Dio’s “Oh, Holy (Diver) Night”; the steer’s troubled path from dandelion field to doily thingee; ★★★★ men, kneeling to be all they can-can be; dialing down the ping-pong talk; harmonica convergence with Blind “Melon” Jefferson; directing John towards the third hole; Spokane’s Ami...

Roderick on the Line - Ep. 12: “Cold-Calling the Jewess” on Huffduffer The Problems : Merlin’s sniffly allergies (sorry); directions for the connoisseur of keyboard-oriented music ; your hosts’s chronic and irreconcilable Sloan disconnect; that time when Tiny Tim wheeled over to The Magazine Shoppe with John’s Radiohead; the dynamics of recording in a rented castle; almost getting ASCAP’d for a Li...

Roderick on the Line, Ep. 11: “Everybody Knew What Mr. Finnell Did” on Huffduffer The Problems : the status of Napoleon’s hat; historically significant panties on the auction block; major issues in corporal punishment; Liza’s mostly lifelike Naugahyde partner; recovering our Oprah memories; John’s investigative broom closet journalism; the IMAX technology that was was...