The Overnightscape 883: The Root Beer Episode (6/7/12)
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2:09:56 – Join host Frank Edward Nora on a pleasantly insane ramble on the streets of NYC. Frank explores a multitude of topics… root beer flavored chewing gum, candy, Bottle Caps, the old style of thinking with wondering, no root beer in Britain, root beer in the past, priorities, non-animated food packaging, chewing gum review (Extra Dessert Delights – Root Beer Float), sun-faded magazines, yo-yo, timeline entanglement this morning, visual perception, biomorphic field, AR (augmented reality), Nintendo 3DS, UFOs, the blatant puzzle of human existence, religion, science, analogy, plausible deniability, you enjoy the questioning but might not like the answer, immersive cyberspace, looking at the sky, seeing the moon during the day, chemtrails, a cloud shaped like New Jersey floating over New Jersey, “A simulation”, jackhammering, possible bottle cap entanglement, 26 years ago today, Halfevil Graphics, minicomics, psychic war, Big New Ark, numerology, root beer synchronicity, Diner pinball, Mr. Goodbar, Space Shuttle Enterprise in NYC, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Bryant Park lawn, various brown gumballs, the olden days of podcasting, attitude problems, marketing, artistic visions, remnants of the Podcasting Expo, ephemeral versus permanent, novelty acts, The Rampler, categories, personality and time and place, showmanship, virgin territory, comments about comments, drive-in movies, New Jersey, opening a box I received in the mail from Bi-Coastal Becky, beverage review (C Swiss – The Original Hemp Ice Tea), bus ticket buying, Mayday, Occupy Wall Street in Bryant Park, ruling the world, part two of opening a box I received in the mail from Bi-Coastal Becky, Special Olympics, the gazpacho incident, cobblers, felt humor, deja vu, and it’s raining. F1833
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That was very time warpy
Comment by Ed — June 11, 2012 @ 3:21 pm
I tried root beer once. It was back in the days when I had a job that took me to the States every so often. Having grown up watching US films and TV series, I’d always been intrigued as to exactly what root beer was (as you noted Frank, we don’t have it in the UK). So, when I found myself confronted by a can of the non-alcoholic variety in the Officers’ mess at Bolling Air Force Base, (I was there for a conference), I couldn’t resist. It was truly disgusting. Out of courtesy to my hosts I had to finish the infernal stuff, but every mouthful was a trial. I don’t mean to insult an American tradition, but guys, how can you drink that stuff? Yeeeuck!
Comment by Doc Sleaze — June 13, 2012 @ 12:22 pm
When I was young my grand mother made home made rootbeer. Very good stuff. Some of the fields had a very root beer smell to them when you disc’ed them. Homemade rootbeer has a small amount of alcohol, probably less than a percent or so. It might be an aqquired taste but i really love it with a hint of licorice root as well.
Comment by chad — June 13, 2012 @ 1:01 pm