Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast from the future of the past!

This week: numbers game; dried out; safety hands; publishing crawl; office copies; disappointing stationers; don’t quote me on this; tithed up; feather-weight; cynical giving; off-Broadway hymns; lowered expectations; megachurch; the real Oscar outrage; sucker punched; shine on, you crazy diamond; when life gives you Leno; done growing; grace herpes; skip to my Luigi; so tired; busy bees; nervous exhaustion; calling Dr. Google; falling apart is hard to do; stretching a point; nerd gym; lapping it up; TV workouts; virtually fun; vampire-free; zoo eye; acting Relic; here comes the judgement; idle music; all about pigmeat; going daffy; nary an Atari; Lil’Tractor; going mentor; gone prawn; Americans want shrimps; masked music; new catchphrases; totally fungible; and, finally, severance.

Question of the Week: What was your best work environment? And your worst?
Sub-question of the Week: Are you a gym rat?

Thanks for listening.

Here is a comparison of Langely City in 2004 and 2019. Near the bottom of the top image in the centre, you can see the old SOS office supplies building and its weird property configuration. In the lower image, you can see the new road, plowed through the old property in all its odd, curvy glory. (As you can see, Langley City is too old to have been built on a road grid system.)

We referenced Shake Hands with Danger. If you haven’t seen it, check it out!

You can find Under the Influence here – a fascinating history of advertising hosted by Terry O’Reilly.