Serial Sidelines

Serial Sidelines


Latest Episodes

Urban Gardening (or: The Way of Lazy Gardening)
June 18, 2012

Today, as part of our Cheap Hobbies series, we discussed Urban Gardening, which covers the creation of gardens in areas where cement is more common than trees and grass. Darrin shares his experiences attempting to start a garden in the city and how things

Charcuterie (or: Duck Tales – The Extended Booby Edition!)
June 10, 2012

This episode is likely the beginning of a disconnected series on Charcuterie, which is a French term for meat preservation. Examples of cured meats you might consume regularly are bacon, ham, and sausage. Today we discussed the basics of charcuterie and J

High-Speed Photography (or: A moose is driving my car and a squirrel is suing me for his PTSD)
June 03, 2012

In this episode we focus on high-speed photography, which is stopping the motion of moving objects within photographs by using high shutter speed on your camera or short bursts of light. In addition we talk about the major photo settings on your camera an

Call of Cthulhu (or: Why I should have become a History Major)
May 28, 2012

During this episode we spent time taking a deep-dive into the game Call of Cthulhu and other Lovecraftian topics in an effort to shed some light on a great game where goblins are not your primary prey from levels one to five. In addition we discussed Face

Guitars (or: ..but I don’t think I’d pull it out at a picnic)
May 20, 2012

In this episode we talk about emasculating hobbies, garden irrigation, the fitbit, high heels, Nick's run-in with both a moose and a deer in the same car, finding pizza in Mongolia, getting old issues, and some banter about Darrin and Alan's adventures wh

Movies (or: I’m not downloading this one, that’s for sure.)
May 13, 2012

In this episode we discuss a ton of movies in short of just about all varieties including horror, scifi, addictive movies, romantic comedies, and movies we never want to see again among others. We also hit on how we're all a bit more domestic than we woul

Episode 3: Video Games (or: Jim gets an iPhone but denies Smug)
May 06, 2012

In this episode we banter about video games, discussing several specific games including Walking Dead the game, Mass Effect 3, Diablo 3, Enter the Matrix, and Skyrim and general gaming concepts such as full-release games you can beat in a day, kid-friendl

Episode 2: Hand Tool Woodworking (or: Resisting the urge to joke about Josh’s wood)
April 26, 2012

Our topic today is hand tool wood working, which involves creating objects with a minimum number of power tools involved, making it both apartment friendly and a great time consumer. In addition we spend a bit talking over what Josh, Jim, and Alan are up

Episode 1: Tabletop Gaming (or: I bet you a bunch of these are going to end in philia!)
April 22, 2012

Today we discuss tabletop gaming including some focus on the Pathfinder, Call of Cthuhlu, D20 as a system, and D&D among others. We also talk through other geekly topics such as video games, and the worst RPG's of all time.

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