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	<title>Random Inspirations</title>
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	<description>and the effects of the Solar System on Global Warming.</description>
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		<copyright>&#xA9;EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie </copyright>
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		<itunes:summary>and the effects of the Solar System on Global Warming.  4 complex simpletons (EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie, among others) coming direct from the heart of America.  Or, at least the kidney of America.  We have opinions on just about everything.  Wanna hear?</itunes:summary>
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			<itunes:name>EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie</itunes:name>
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		<title>Show 10: Fine Pickens</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2008/09/05/show-10-fine-pickens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[E.J. promises &#8220;an action-packed show,&#8221; but you can only know for sure if you listen&#8230;
Willie seems to perhaps question the efficacy of the &#8220;Pickens Plan&#8221; for solving the nation&#8217;s energy problems. During the ensuing discussion of the potential of wind power, E.J. takes the opportunity to make a dirty joke. Willie keeps it going. Chris [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>E.J. promises "an action-packed show," but you can only know for sure if you listen...

Willie seems to perhaps question the efficacy of the "Pickens Plan" ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>E.J. promises "an action-packed show," but you can only know for sure if you listen...

Willie seems to perhaps question the efficacy of the "Pickens Plan" for solving the nation's energy problems. During the ensuing discussion of the potential of wind power, E.J. takes the opportunity to make a dirty joke. Willie keeps it going. Chris provides his silent, tacit consent to the filth.

Chris introduces the inherent contradictions about T. Boone faced by many fans of Oklahoma State athletics (and of affordable gas): loving his donations to the school while distrusting the control that comes with it; appreciating his call to action on the energy issue while distrusting his motives.nbsp; But what else would one expect?

EJ thinks wersquo;re going to keep our vision on this story as it unrdquo;windrdquo;s.nbsp; Stay tuned for further details.nbsp; www.PickensPlan.com

ldquo;1.21 Gigawatts!"

In other news, crazy monkey grass is creeping in from Canada, destroying slinging metal things and edger attachments all over the north!

ldquo;They donrsquo;t call me lsquo;The Edgersquo; for nothin'"

Willie passes along a way for you to tell when one is going to die and whether you'll die of a horrible disease or not.nbsp; For more information, check your genome at home with PCR and cloning machines.nbsp; All available via a USB connection.nbsp; Willie also thinks it's fun to pee on a stick to see if you have a "mutant genome in your genes" (or jeans).

EJ next brings up how South Park gives hope for all of the nerds out there that want to be superheroes in stopping terrorist attacks.nbsp; We're not sure what episode of South Park gives the "how-to" but there's one out there.nbsp; Trust us.nbsp; Using Google Earth, Myspace and podcasts, you can stop your 4th grade classmates from blowing up the world too!

"They don't even say 'search for it on the Internet,' they say 'Google it'"

Where did Google come from?nbsp; What does "google" mean?nbsp; How does Google make so much freaking money?!?!nbsp; Well, apparently it can all be summed up in one word: Ads.nbsp; Or is there something more sinister going on?nbsp; Dave joins in and give us 41 chapters worth of conspiracy to throw Google in the middle of international intrigue and cover-up.

Dave believes Google is very intrusive and this is view is that Google will be (if not already) a tool of Big Brother.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_foreign_relations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilderberg_Group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_grove
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Extraordinary_Gentleman

For Dave's "Currently Reading" list, besides the above, check out Amazon here.

"You can get this podcast around the world!"

"Oh, I'm down the rabbit-hole baby."

You're now introduced to our very early reports on MobileMe, the Apple product that stole its logo from Windows Me.

"What if the cloud rains?nbsp; What if they hack into the cloud?"

Dave proceeds to tempt us with, not cereal, but a "frozen thing."nbsp; Yet, he doesn't share at all...nbsp; Yet, we're keeping our other eye on the Google/Illuminati connection.

For the more mature listeners, Dave shares his "pleasure" when we start talking about The Dark Knight. By the way, Dave is wrong, it's only been 2 months since the movie has been released, not 3.nbsp; Not 3, Dave.

A discussion ensues about how/why the movie was filmed.nbsp; IMAX has a 6-inch negative while using 6-feet per second of film.nbsp; A bunch of stuff about "dumbing-down" and something about a "Blue Ray."nbsp; In  casenbsp;you didn't notice, Chris zones out.

Thanks to Rush for listening to us 6 months ago, you music freak you.nbsp; We've actually recieved another email from Rush asking when our next show will be up.nbsp; Here it is, Rush.

Sponsors:
You, Rush Harvey!
...</itunes:summary>
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		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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		<title>Show 9: Hey, You&#8217;re Plurking My Tweets!</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2008/07/03/show-9-hey-youre-plurking-my-tweets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Contest:  I&#8217;m going to give something away to the first person who can identify the Seinfeld reference in the show.  No guarantees on the prize and you must leave a comment telling me what the reference was.
LIve and direct from The Blue Room in Edmond, OK, Chris and EJ, and later Dave, are all in [...]]]></description>
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<itunes:duration>104:40</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Contest:nbsp; I'm going to give something away to the first person who can identify the Seinfeld reference in the show.nbsp; No guarantees on the prize ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Contest:nbsp; I'm going to give something away to the first person who can identify the Seinfeld reference in the show.nbsp; No guarantees on the prize and you must leave a comment telling me what the reference was.

LIve and direct from The Blue Room in Edmond, OK, Chris and EJ, and later Dave, are all in studio.nbsp; Speaking of the Blue Room, itrsquo;s actually a blues club in Kansas City.nbsp; We couldnrsquo;t find a link to the actual picture EJ has, but this is close enough.

ldquo;I thought he was going to punch her in the face!rdquo;

The Fist-Bump Heard Arond the World. Right up there with ldquo;The Butt-Slap Heard Around the Worldrdquo; or ldquo;The Boobie Grab That Sank 1,000 Ships.rdquo;nbsp; Obama breaks new ground in congratulatory celebrations.nbsp; Republicans are already calling it a "terrorist jab."

FYI ndash; There was a storm raging whilst we were recording.

ldquo;You might get shot.nbsp; I might shoot you.nbsp; Yoursquo;ll go down $50 richer, but you might die.rdquo;

Hypermiling ndash; the practice of being the biggest cheapskate you can on gas, while simultaneously causing major damage to your engine, brakes, tires, transmission, muffler, and radio and pissing off everyone within a 2 mile radius of your car.

Herersquo;s the ultimate hypermiler Wayne Gerdes.nbsp; Also known as Wayne ldquo;Get Outta My Way, Irsquo;ll Run Over You Before I Buy Gasrdquo; Gerdes.

Herersquo;s Dave.nbsp; Although you wonrsquo;t hear him for a little while because hersquo;s not all about getting ldquo;all up on the mic.rdquo;

ElectriveDrive.org sales figures.nbsp; *updated to June 2008.

ldquo;I encourage people with a heart to serve to step up and take the plunge.rdquo;

In this segment, we catch Dave up on all the things wersquo;ve already talked about.nbsp; Enjoy hearing it again.

ldquo;Nothing can kill the iPod unless itrsquo;s mine.rdquo;

iPod iPhone 2.0, EJrsquo;s iPod, Chris is using a Mac (oh the apple-manity), and, who couldrsquo;ve guessed, random topics.

ldquo;Act like the mic is the women voters and get all up in it.

American student James Buck used Twitter to bail himself out of an Egyptian jail.nbsp; Talk about your ultimate bail bond.

Unfortunately, we get off on the topic of whether itrsquo;s actually possible to ldquo;tweetrdquo; while being arrested by Egyptians.nbsp; Herersquo;s EJ's very scientific experiment.

Back on topic, Mr. Buck tries to free his translator.

Again, too bad we get back onto Twitter.nbsp; We so perceptively point out that it could be nicely used by cult leaders.

"Don't Tweet Me Bro!"

Speaking of tasing, that's what she said.nbsp; The LG Vu is 3" long, er..has a 3" screen.nbsp; It's reached that awkward stage where it wants to ask out the girl, but the quarterback of the football team iPhone, is flirting with her by her locker, even though he doesn't really like her like the Vu does.

In the background is Google, trying to take over the world.nbsp; "What are we going to do tonight, Google?"nbsp; "Same thing we do every night.nbsp; Try to take over the world."

"Google's starting to show some of their cracks"

"Aren't there, like, anti-trust laws."

EJ and Chris carry on a Twitter conversion whilst podcasting.nbsp; Oh how connected we are.

"I always TiVo Lost on my Cox DVR, blow my nose in a Kleenex made by Puffs Plus, and drink a Coke called Dr. Pepper."

"I recently took my Facebook off."

"You have 2 options, 'Men,' 'Women,' or blank."

"George Bush created Facebook."

"I'm about to put my nerd hat back on."

Our Lost discussion gets into the season finale.nbsp; First, what happened to Locke?nbsp; How did he die?nbsp; Will the island bring him back to life?nbsp; What's up with Ben getting back to the island?nbsp; Are Saywer and Juliet Adam and Eve?nbsp; Why were the graphics so cheesy to Dave?nbsp; Will Al Gore blame global warming on why the ocean's went lower, in reality, it's the island moving in space/time?n...</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Apple,,Current,Events,,Don't,Even,Think,About,It,,Lost,,Politics,,Random,,TV,,Technology,,iPhone</itunes:keywords>
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		<title>Show 8: Just the Two of Us</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2008/06/11/show-8-just-the-two-of-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Intro: Our unofficial Indiana Jones review (or un-review) and why Chris refuses to see it (hint: it has to do with Harrison Ford being old).  Plus, EJ thinks Harrison has some big guns.
“I’m in the industry…”
What if gas hits $10 a burrito… I mean gallon?  Excuse me.  MSN Money asks the question, [...]]]></description>
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<itunes:duration>69:39</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Intro: Our unofficial Indiana Jones review (or un-review) and why Chris refuses to see it (hint: it has to do with Harrison Ford being old). ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Intro: Our unofficial Indiana Jones review (or un-review) and why Chris refuses to see it (hint: it has to do with Harrison Ford being old).  Plus, EJ thinks Harrison has some big guns.

ldquo;Irsquo;m in the industryhellip;rdquo;

What if gas hits $10 a burritohellip; I mean gallon?  Excuse me.  MSN Money asks the question, ldquo;What if gas cost $10 a gallon?rdquo; And then proceeds to answer it.

By the way, there are 3.78541178 liters per 1 US gallon.

Conspiracy theorists unite!  Is there a superficial supply and demand to gasoline prices?  Are people not going to be able to go to work?  Who will make our McDonaldrsquo;s hamburgers and McNuggets?  Who will charge us when we forget to return our library books?  Will minimum wage be raised?  How will the Lumberghrsquo;s of the world be satisfied when they canrsquo;t bother you about your TPS report covers?  How many times can we say ldquo;twelve million dollarsrdquo;?

Our predicament is caused by the Chinese.  They are doing to us what we did to the Europeans when Americans started driving.  By the way, I have ALL the information to back this up.

ldquo;So, wersquo;re on this kick of iPhone killers.  Two of them are spittinrsquo; imageshellip;rdquo;

We talk about 3 potential iPhone killers (Dave, yoursquo;re phonersquo;s days are numbered).

	The Google Switch
	The OpenMoko
	The Samsung Instinct
	Zackrsquo;s phone from ldquo;Saved by the Bell'rdquo;

Wait, how did that get in there?

ldquo;How to dismantle your Timebomb.rdquo;

How to take apart your iPod, void your warranty and give your wife an excuse for you to get a new one. Talk about killing 3 birds with one stone.

Ever want to see how big 20 or 30 business cards are?  Open up your iPod and take out the hard drive.

ldquo;The Power is where the people are.rdquo;

Indie labels combine to form a ldquo;virtual fifth major.rdquo; And itrsquo;s follow-up.

Itrsquo;s amazing how we seamlessly flow from this to the reason TV shows are actually on TV (hint: itrsquo;s to shove crap down EJrsquo;s throat).  And all actors are dancing monkeys.

ldquo;Want a TiVo?"
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper."

Next?  Chris's plug for Snapstream's Beyond TV and EJ's plug for PlayStation 3.

"I wouldn't say he was a rabid fan like you, me and P.O.D."

Traveler Blues

Homework for this week:  Listen to the Black Keys, Adolphus Bell, and Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.

Sponsors:

	Phones that resemble other phones
	Gasoline "Go Juice!"
	Traveler Blues, by Dave and Barrett
	and us!  www.solidroots.com.  Email us at ri at solidroots.com

Thank you to last week's sponsor: long awkward pauses.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Apple,,Current,Events,,Design,,Entertainment,,Random,,Technology,,iPhone,,iPod</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie</itunes:author>
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		<title>Show 7: All Business</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2008/05/28/show-7-all-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.solidroots.com/?p=161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you notice the new intro music?  Mr. Gore is gone (for now, temporarily, permanently, who knows), but in his place is the smooth sounds of Mr. EJ Hayes.

Why you trying to kill my phone?
The level of hypocrisy here is deafening.
So I&#8217;ll take my &#8220;thanks&#8221; back.

Three statements that define this show.  And once we [...]]]></description>
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<itunes:duration>50:06</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Did you notice the new intro music?nbsp; Mr. Gore is gone (for now, temporarily, permanently, who knows), but in his place is the smooth sounds ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Did you notice the new intro music?nbsp; Mr. Gore is gone (for now, temporarily, permanently, who knows), but in his place is the smooth sounds of Mr. EJ Hayes.

	Why you trying to kill my phone?
	The level of hypocrisy here is deafening.
	So I'll take my "thanks" back.

Three statements that define this show.  And once we finally get past our long-winded intro, we finally get into the heart of the discussion:  the iPhone killers.  *dun-dun-dun*

This 'cast talks about the iPhone's downfalls: no feedback from typing, lack of 3G support, lack of enterprise support (at this time), and we have the facts to back ALL of this up.  We also review Blackberry's latest attempt at driving the stake into the iPhone's heart (not that it's even close to being "killed" at all) is the Blackberry Bold.  (MSN review of the Blackberry Bold - I know MSN isn't exactly known for their hard-hitting tech news, but it's the one we found that included the "touch-screen" quote)

"Technology is the new opiate of the masses."

What a microSD card is.

How would you like to be the guy who gets to come up with this headline: "Man Dressed as Darth Vader Spared Jail for Attack on Founder of Britain's Jedi Church."  I don't know about you, but when I think "Jedi church," I think some sort of Catholic ceremony with lightsabers.  Apparently it's nothing like that.  I actually found video of the attack, and if this is really it, it doesn't seem that bad.  In fact, I don't think I saw any blood, but, oh well, here it is.nbsp; For the commentary from a real expert, check out this YouTube video from Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.


"Give me a teaser explaining the teaser."

Welcome to the world, Grand Theft Auto IV.  You violent piece, you (Please put in your real age if you click on the link).

Sidenote: Lost is set to record.

Ok, back to GTA, the sales of GTA have eclipsed every other game and many movies released - 3.6 million units/$310 million in the initial 24 hours.  Why is the game so addicting?  Because you can go over to a friend's house, sit on the floor, put in GTA, use the cheat code to get the flamethrower, run to the nearest intersection and just start turning around in a circle and torching everything in sight.

In related news, EA makes bid for Take-Two, which counts GTA IV as one of it's assets.  Can you imagine Madden: GTA version?

What's NaNoWriMo?nbsp; How do you say NaNoWriMo?nbsp; Who is NaNoWriMo?nbsp; Is this thing for real?nbsp; Let's go to the FAQ's.nbsp; You know what's a "hoot"?nbsp; Counting all those effing words.nbsp; It's just icing on the NaNoWriMo cake.nbsp; For an artistic novella, check out Willie's new book with the word "crap" and it's variations.

"Chew on that."

Check out Traveler Blues.nbsp; Dave and Barrett are working their little fingers to the bone, much like all of the great British blues-rock guitarists of the 1960's did with their guitars, to bring you the best in music.

"Get it on."

***Lost SPOILER ALERT***nbsp; Please don't listen if you don't want to know.

Show 7 called on account of Lost.nbsp; Happy viewing.nbsp; By the way, Lost streams in HD on ABC.com.

Go over to Mark's Myspace and tell him to be a part of the show!

Sponsors:

	Long silences / awkward moments on the first date / Chris taking care of his sick child
	Blues Traveler
	Novel / novella writers
	The Jedi church
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		<title>Show #6: The New Era</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2008/05/11/show-6-the-new-era/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The show has taken on a new turn.  We&#8217;ve change the format of the show, which means that we&#8217;ll be able to come to you at more regular intervals!  EJ is now recording all audio, we&#8217;re streaming video via ustream.tv and our turnaround has cut from 5 months to about 2 days.  [...]]]></description>
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<itunes:duration>50:49</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>The show has taken on a new turn.  We've change the format of the show, which means that we'll be able to come to ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>The show has taken on a new turn.  We've change the format of the show, which means that we'll be able to come to you at more regular intervals!  EJ is now recording all audio, we're streaming video via ustream.tv and our turnaround has cut from 5 months to about 2 days.  Hope you enjoy it.

Well, what have we been up to for the past 4 months?  EJ's been playing with 2 bands, Chris has been knee-deep in copier guts and toner, and Willie has been moving to a new house.  Dave is MIA laying hard-wood floors and planning his woman's birthday party.

What are our new habits?  Well, EJ has introduced Chris to TWiT, that has panelists that talk about Twitter EVERY SHOW!  Anyway, EJ and Chris are now new Twitter-ers-ers-ers...  or something.  Willie is still resisting the allure.  HANG ON WILLIE!!!

Twitter! Huh!  What is it good for?  Absolutely noth...  well, we're not quite sure yet.

Next!  Rush Limbaugh strikes again!  Rush sends drones to vote to keep Hillary in the race vs. Obama causing confusion among the Democrats.  Dubbed "Operation Chaos", this story is actually true!  This leads us into a boring political discussion.  Just shut up, listen, and vote for me for President!

Next!  Sports...  well, sorta.  Not much going on in sports - HS playoffs, college baseball (regular season), NBA playoffs.  Will the NBA survive in OKC.  EJ seems to think so.  "Everyone says that OU football is the professional sport around here.  Screw that.  Screw OU."  "Yeah, screw OU."

Also, crazy story about a New Orleans/OKC Hornets cheerleader about to bust out her windshield.

Next!  Movies - No Country For Old Men = the anti-chick flick.  A tasteful smattering of Coen brothers' blood.  Or something like that.

Next!  Sponsors - Barack Obama, ustream.tv, ooVoo, and the word of the 'cast: "Mac-ish."

And people like you.  Thank you for listening.

Outro:  "Remember You" by Hollow.  www.myspace.com/HollowRock</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Show #5</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2008/01/15/show-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Very, very special show: the one and only Al Green is here!!!  But first, the monologue&#8230;
Have you ever been upset at someone because they wrote a demeaning article about one of your players in a semi-major newspaper?  Take the Mike Gundy Anger Management program!  First, let&#8217;s see what provokes him.  Now [...]]]></description>
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<itunes:duration>61:27</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Very, very special show: the one and only Al Green is here!!!  But first, the monologue...

Have you ever been upset at someone because they ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Very, very special show: the one and only Al Green is here!!!  But first, the monologue...

Have you ever been upset at someone because they wrote a demeaning article about one of your players in a semi-major newspaper?  Take the Mike Gundy Anger Management program!  First, let's see what provokes him.  Now let's see the proper way to handle it.  Very good, Mike.  Very good.

And now, our special guest:





"Well good!"

Yes, thank you Mr. Green, you may sit down now.

And now our special secti...  What is it Mr. Green?  Listen, I know Chuck Norris is scary, but you're a legend.  Okay, okay, you may go to the bathroom while we read these random facts about the gay Jack Bauer.







Yes, Chuck Norris will even kill your dog.

"I'm just trying to keep my hip from hoppin'"

Glad you're back Mr. Green.  Take a seat we were just about to talk about you again.

"Well good"

	Jim Dale
	Al Green
	Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
	Amos Lee
	Ben Harper
	Angels and Airwaves
	Charlie Hunter Trio

"I got to go though."

Yeah, us too Al.  But we can't forget our sponsors:

	 The Daily Oklahoman
	Mike Gun-day
	Al Green "Yeeaaah"
	Google
	Anonymous Print Publications
	Moms everywhere (we love you).

As always, we'd like to thank:

Hollow - with their song "My Doubt"

The New Standard

BlueNote Studios

Thank you.  Have a good night</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>College,,Entertainment,,Misc.,Things,,Music,,Random,,Sports</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie</itunes:author>
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		<title>Show #4</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/11/26/show-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/11/26/show-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the delay&#8230;  Technical difficulties, you know.  Yeah, right, like we could have technical difficulties.  Actually, Hollow and EJ are becoming so popular, he hardly has time for us anymore.
In this show, we talk about everyone&#8217;s favorite social networking sites, and those that only &#8220;older&#8221; folks know about:

Facebook
Myspace
Eons
Boomertown

Here&#8217;s a NYTimes article [...]]]></description>
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<itunes:duration>00:01:01</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Sorry for the delay...  Technical difficulties, you know.  Yeah, right, like we could have technical difficulties.  Actually, Hollow and EJ are becoming ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Sorry for the delay...  Technical difficulties, you know.  Yeah, right, like we could have technical difficulties.  Actually, Hollow and EJ are becoming so popular, he hardly has time for us anymore.

In this show, we talk about everyone's favorite social networking sites, and those that only "older" folks know about:

	Facebook
	Myspace
	Eons
	Boomertown

Here's a NYTimes article that shows trends of VC's and social networking sites and how they are tending to give more to sites that cater to "older people."

The scandal that rocked the A/V world: PatriotsGate!!!

We here at RI also obtained a copy (through less-than-professional journalistic means) of the video the Pats were using to spy on the Jets.  Here it is.

Pick 'ems:

Dave: USC, UF, GaTech, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Michigan over ND 7-6 (w/ a blocked PAT).
EJ: USC, UF, GaTech, Louisville, Arkansas, Michigan over ND 3-2.
Chris: USC, UF, BC, Louisville, Arkansas, Michigan over ND 7-3.

Special Guest Correspondent Shelbi Hayes serves up some Hard-Hitting News:  Airline Girl (aka  Kyla Ebbert - No relation to Roger...  or Siskel...  or Roeper.)  Here's Ms. Ebbert on the Today Show.  Oh, Lauer, you dirty, dirty man.

Sponsors:  Pidgin; ProTools; Airlines, in general - keep it classy; words, specifically uuml;ber, hyperbole, ether, and lexicon.

End up with Hollow's "Remedy."  Download the entire song from Myspace.com/HollowRock.

Eds. Note: Pidgin's website was incorrectly given in the podcast as pidgin.com.  It is actually pidgin.im.  Please follow the link above.  My bad, dog.  My bad.
</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>College,,Entertainment,,Misc.,Things,,Random,,Sports,,Technology,,Websites</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie</itunes:author>
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		<title>Show #3</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/18/show-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/18/show-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[THIS IS THE 100TH POST ON SOLID ROOTS!!!  (just a sidenote)
Whooo!!!  An hour long.  I just couldn&#8217;t bring myself to cut out any more than I did.  It was 1:30 unedited, so I cut out 1/3 of it.  Okay, enough about you, onto the notes:
Apple.com and all their announcements: iPod, [...]]]></description>
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<itunes:duration>62:55</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>THIS IS THE 100TH POST ON SOLID ROOTS!!!  (just a sidenote)

Whooo!!!  An hour long.  I just couldn't bring myself to cut out ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>THIS IS THE 100TH POST ON SOLID ROOTS!!!  (just a sidenote)

Whooo!!!  An hour long.  I just couldn't bring myself to cut out any more than I did.  It was 1:30 unedited, so I cut out 1/3 of it.  Okay, enough about you, onto the notes:

Apple.com and all their announcements: iPod, iPhone, iTunes, etc.  (yes, I know the iPod and iTunes link are the same, but I'm a partial Type A...)

Sidenote: my iMac probably came out around 2000 but the "colored" line was first introduced circa 1998.

Fake Steve.  We love you Fake Steve, thanks for the cash.  Oh, and the iPods.

The Mac Movement:

	http://www.appleinsider.com/
	http://www.ilounge.com/
	http://www.tuaw.com/

	http://www.theappleblog.com/
	http://www.macrumors.com/
	http://www.cultofmac.com/

Okay, I guess we'll link to the Zune...  here it is...

Blogging software: WordPress, Xanga, and Blogger were the two we mentioned.  There's also MT, Livejournal, and Bloglines.  Random Inspirations recommends WP (thanks WP).

How to be interesting.  Not by us though.  And stop blogging about me at the next table.

Pick'ems:


#160;
Miami/OU
TCU/UT
LSU/VaTech
FAU/OKState


Dave
OU
UT
LSU
OSU


EJ
Miami
UT
LSU
OSU


Chris
OU
TCU
LSU
OSU


Here's the music your awesome hosts are listening to:

Lucinda Williams' West
 WILCO's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
 Townes Van Zandt
Snow Patrol's Final Straw
John Mayer
Norah Jones
Dave Matthews Band
Fall Out Boy (Indie Power Emo Pop)


If you want to get into jazz and be a kool kat check out these albums for the new listner:

 Miles Davis' Kind of Blue
John Coltrane's Giant Steps and Blue Train
Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits

Shameless Plug #1:

Hollow

Go check out EJ's band Hollow @ their Myspace.  Hollow originally formed in March of 2004 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and has been known to frequent both Christian and mainstream venues in the Oklahoma City area, as well as Kansas and Texas.  They have shared the stage with Bon Jovi, Project 86, Spoken, Family Force 5, Disciple, Jessie Daniels and Radial Angel among others.  Hollow is Katy (vocals), Alana (vocals), Jordan (guitar), Will (bass), and EJ (drums).

Show 3 Sponsors:

Apple (see link above)
 Forbes
blogs
 The New Standard
Hollow (see link above)

And as always, Blue Note Studios

Contact us at ri at solidroots.com.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Apple,,College,,Entertainment,,Music,,Sports,,Technology,,iPod,,iTunes</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie</itunes:author>
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		<title>Show #2</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/05/show-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/05/show-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in Random Inspirations&#8217; history, we&#8217;re releasing a never-before-released version of the published version of this podcast.  Since adding a co-host and a regular guest, the time of the podcast went from 7:30 to over 106 mins.  I got the official version down to just over 40 mins (all good [...]]]></description>
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<itunes:duration>40:09</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>For the first time in Random Inspirations' history, we're releasing a never-before-released version of the published version of this podcast.  Since adding a co-host ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>For the first time in Random Inspirations' history, we're releasing a never-before-released version of the published version of this podcast.  Since adding a co-host and a regular guest, the time of the podcast went from 7:30 to over 106 mins.  I got the official version down to just over 40 mins (all good stuff), but I wanted you to be able to hear the entire thing (mostly) unedited - if you have 106 mins to spare.  You can download the full version here.

College football.  Click here for your favorite team.  This is the coolest schedule I've ever seen.

Miss Teen USA South Carolina.  Enough said.  Just listen.

Fall TV Lineup.  Laruel's TV Picks: Decent guide for upcoming shows.  Couchville.com: The best guide for what's on now.

20 Things You Didn't Know About Sleeping - Unless You've Already Listened to the Podcast.  Then it's about 15 you didn't know.

Blonde Joke.

We Suck!
Sponsors:

	Blue Note Studios
	Spindrift Creative
	Choc Beer
	The Letter "Z"


Contact Me
email me at ri.at.solidroots.com </itunes:summary>
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		<itunes:author>EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie</itunes:author>
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		<title>RI: Show #1</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/08/26/ri-show-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/08/26/ri-show-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Show Notes:
Want Michael Vick&#8217;s autograph?  Click here!  (By the way - Cleveland&#8217;s stadium is nicknamed &#8220;The Dawg Pound&#8221;)
Hannity being pummeled by 2 Dems and a Rep!  OH THE HANNITY!!!
Travis Henry can&#8217;t keep his pants on.
No new album for DMX&#8230;  too bad.
Rock Band announces 10 new old songs!  Do treadmills come [...]]]></description>
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<itunes:duration>7:37</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Show Notes:
Want Michael Vick's autograph?  Click here!  (By the way - Cleveland's stadium is nicknamed "The Dawg Pound")

Hannity being pummeled by 2 Dems ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Show Notes:
Want Michael Vick's autograph?  Click here!  (By the way - Cleveland's stadium is nicknamed "The Dawg Pound")

Hannity being pummeled by 2 Dems and a Rep!  OH THE HANNITY!!!

Travis Henry can't keep his pants on.

No new album for DMX...  too bad.

Rock Band announces 10 new old songs!  Do treadmills come with the game for the OK Go song?
Thank You:
Show 1 sponsors: Dreamhost, Blue Note Studios, The Vine Salon and More.

My boy Edge for the sa-weet intro music.  I'll mention you in the next show - sorry.
Final Thought:
For the Presidential Candidates: Which SNL character would you want to play you?

Email me @ ri [at] solidroots.com

 My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-65289bc56b6569762e5a160948c6baca}</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Entertainment,,Politics,,Random,,Sports,,Technology</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie</itunes:author>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Getting There.</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/08/21/were-getting-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/08/21/were-getting-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After a new theme installed and appropriate changes made, we&#8217;re well on our way to a full Random Inspirations birth.
For some reason, I ended up going with a space theme much more than I anticipated.  I&#8217;m second guessing myself constantly with it, but the more I look at it, the more I am liking [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>After a new theme installed and appropriate changes made, we're well on our way to a full Random Inspirations birth.

For some reason, I ended up ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>After a new theme installed and appropriate changes made, we're well on our way to a full Random Inspirations birth.

For some reason, I ended up going with a space theme much more than I anticipated.  I'm second guessing myself constantly with it, but the more I look at it, the more I am liking it.

I think with a few more changes to the site and getting the audio all cued up, I think we'll be ready to roll with a full-time podcast.

I'll let you sample the audio that my boy Edge came up with.  (Many kudos and thanks to Edge)</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Random</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie</itunes:author>
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		<title>In Need of Repair</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/06/20/in-need-of-repair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/06/20/in-need-of-repair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[My Own Stupidity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone still reads this thing, you know that this hasn&#8217;t been updated in about a year or so.  Fortunately for you (yes, the you.  the one person reading this), I&#8217;ve been bitten with the podcasting bug and am working on getting a new design and infrastructure set up for audio (and maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sideblog</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/04/17/sideblog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/04/17/sideblog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sideblog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Turns out it wasn&#8217;t WordPress that was giving me the double posts.  It was my Sideblog plugin.  Too bad, I liked that one.
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		<title>Design Coming Full Circle</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/04/17/design-coming-full-circle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/04/17/design-coming-full-circle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Inner Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure how or when it happened or who started it.  I would blame M$ or Apple, but their websites aren&#8217;t the greatest.  I&#8217;m thinking about blaming the French, just b/c it&#8217;s always easy to blame them.
I ran across this article about grid-based design and one line in particular caught my attention:

“Table [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I wonder&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/03/04/i-wonder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/03/04/i-wonder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Just for Fun]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Random]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.solidroots.com/2007/03/04/i-wonder/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[how hard it would be to actually make one of these:

(link)
or how MTV could sink any lower after scrapping a show of Cribs after a rapper showed the crew his &#8220;sensible&#8221; vehicles and talks about how he&#8217;s not spending his money on stupid cars and rims (link),
or who actually thought of this tattoo:

cause it&#8217;s friggin&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title></title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/03/03/123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/03/03/123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Currently Reading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.solidroots.com/2007/03/03/123/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Copier service manuals.  (Is there an emoticon for throwing up?)
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		<title></title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/03/03/122/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/03/03/122/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Asides]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.solidroots.com/2007/03/03/122/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Heading to ChiTown again tomorrow.  Anyone want to go?
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		<title>The Great Stillwater Fire of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/02/24/the-great-stillwater-fire-of-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2007/02/24/the-great-stillwater-fire-of-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Don't Even Think About It]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Random]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This story starts out like any other story: on a Saturday.  With wind gusting around 89 mph.  All stories start out on Saturdays b/c writers are generally bored on Saturdays, but this is when they are also the most creative.
Being on a Saturday, my (beautiful) wife and mom were out running errands.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrity Look-Alike</title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2006/12/06/celebrity-look-alike/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2006/12/06/celebrity-look-alike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, this is my good-bye post to my beard.  He had survived 4 1/2 months, 2 trims, and multiple close shaves (around the edges, that is).  He was good to me.  Kept my whole face from being burned at the OSU/Baylor game, kept my face warm while shoveling snow off of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title></title>
		<link>http://www.solidroots.com/2006/10/18/118/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solidroots.com/2006/10/18/118/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Currently Reading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.solidroots.com/2006/10/18/118/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Email and IMs.
and OSU&#8217;s stats!
]]></description>
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