FOF #729 – The Golden Standard
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36 commentsEver notice how crazy people LOVE to talk about gold? Specifically the gold standard. If you’re ever at a party and someone starts ranting about how our economy is built on a house of cards because our currency isn’t based on gold anymore, put your cocktail down slowly walk away. Believing that we should revert to the gold standard is the “gold standard” or litmus test for crazy. Why are crazy people attracted to the gold? Because it’s shiny. Crazy people love to hoard shiny objects.
No country in the world uses gold as a way of determining the value of money anymore. So how does paper money get it’s value in today’s society? iPods.
But, more specifically, it’s the goods and services that the country’s economy provides that gives value to their currency.
Because we just LOVE to ponder what will be happening tomorrow on the Feast of Fools, we were wondering what will happen to our money in the future when everything is even more hi-tech and when so many of us may hopefully live in outer space.
The British National Space Centre thought about how space tourists are going to have to find a way to spend money in outer space. After all, the magnetic stripes on credit cards might get erased by solar radiation, coins may cause damage, and it would be impossible to deduct your paypal money without the internet in outer space.
What they came up is the QUID, or “Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination” which are clear teflon pebbles that you can presumably spend at any stellar tourist destination someday.
Why they don’t call the new currency “Space Money” is beyond me but I wouldn’t mind getting a blue pebble for a birthday present (hint hint April 16th). Amanda, a fan of science fiction insists that all money will simply be described as credits.
Join us today as Amanda Steinstein, Marc Felion, Alexis and Angie, the Cincinnati Lesbians and me Fausto Fernós open up a bunch of Easter baskets sent to us by our listeners with sexy results.
We just love to talk about Petra the fickle swan who is trying to get back with her monster sized boat lover. It seems that with all the baggage Petra has been carrying around, her latest beau got sick of it and left her. She’s going back to the big swan boat. When will she ever get it together?
We also talk about the FDA’s unscientific ban on gay men donating blood despite the fact there is a blood shortage going on in America, a trans man who gets pregnant and a firefighter who is fighting to get her job back after burning down her father’s house.
We love our fans, really we do. Alexis and Angie, pictured here were some of the very first listeners we ever had for our podcast way back in the spring of 2005, even before iTunes started supporting podcast subscriptions.
Before we won our first People’s Choice Podcast Award. Before we rose to the top of the iTunes popularity charts for a gay podcast. Before we knew what we were doing, they were there with us, every step of the way.
To celebrate our ten year anniversary and their five year anniversary as a couple, our lovely lesbian listeners traveled all the way from “sin-sin-ati” to hang out with us this weekend.
If you live in Chicago, why don’t you join Marc Felion, Amanda Steinstein, Alexis, Angie and of course me, Fausto Fernós at the FARK party this Saturday night. Fark is one of our favorite websites for odd news and social trends and it’s a great opportunity to meet some of Chicago’s Web 2.0 Movers and Shakers in the flesh. We’ll be there! Click here to get more info about the event.
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FOFA #556 – Russian Robocops
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Did you hear the one about the egg-shaped Russian robocop? As far as we know, this is a true story.
A Russian six-foot tall egg-shaped robot, hailed by the Russian police force as a bold new crime fighting tool broke down on it’s first day on the job, not because it couldn’t fail to comprehend the human notion of love, but because the rain made its circuits fry.
I think it actually would be adorable to be arrested by a short little egg shaped robotic police officer. Robots are SO gay. Think about it.
Twiki from Buck Rogers? Gay. HAL-9000? Persnickety. Star Wars’ C3PO? Flaming! Even real-life robot ASIMO swishes around like a flaming queen. I think I’ve even seen the Mars Sojourner Red Rover and the Unimate robotic arm getting it on.
Do you have $40 sitting around doing nothing? Well besides investing in your favorite podcast, you can invest it in real estate. Just don’t plan on being around to enjoy it. On today’s show Amanda Steinstein joins Marc Felion and me Fausto Fernós to talk about investment real estate, but the really wacky kind.
One firm Lo’ihi Development will sell you a lot of Hawaiian real estate for $40, the catch is that you wont be able to step foot on it for probably three or four millennia, since it’s located 3,000 feet below sea level on a underwater volcano.
Another developer named Dennis Hope has made over NINE MILLION DOLLARS selling acres of land on the moon (as in the one that orbits the earth) for $20. How cute! A piece of paper for $20. He’s sold his lunar land plots to celebrities like Barbara Walters, George Lucas, the deceased Ronald Reagan and even the first President Bush. I don’t know why people think most celebrities mismanage their money.
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[Originally posted on June 19, 2007.]
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FOF #711 – Oscarcast 2008
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I have Oscar Fever! Literally, because I drank too much cheap champagne last night. Owww.
Despite torrential downpours, the writers strike and the threat of the Westboro Baptist Church picketing, the “Superbowl for Gays,” the 80th Annual Academy Awards Ceremonies, also known as the Oscars managed to put on a relatively tight but lackluster show.
Many Oscar statuettes are going overseas this year as the majority of the big awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress) went to non-American talent. Are we seeing a trend here? Is Hollywood becoming more international? I certainly hope so. I want within my lifetime to see a Bollywood musical win “Best Picture.” Is that too much to ask?
On today’s show Amanda Steinstein celebrates her 40th birthday with Tracy Tyler, Marc Felion and me Fausto Fernós. Happy Birthday Amanda!
Listen as we talk with the gals about which celebrities looked hot on the red carpet and which one looked like Clay Aiken wearing a trash-bag. Somebody better tell Tilda to wear makeup next year! She was shinier than a greased pig. Girl, powder! And “girl power” too. Thanks to JaysNYC99 from the chat room for the joke!
But, actresses who play quirky roles might intentionally dress for the “worst dressed” list for the free publicity and to position themselves as edgy talent. After all, who can forget Bjork’s insane swan dress? Of course she never worked in Hollywood again, but she did get a lot of media attention from that swan dress.
Who was gay on the red carpet? Ryan Seacrest was! Did you guys see Ryan asking Patrick Dempsey what would he say if he woke next to Brad Pitt? Two major media hetero-identified celebrities talking about how sexy Brad Pitt was seemed pretty incredible, don’t you think?
And speaking of carpets, was anyone fooled by John Travolta’s peach fuzz toupee? I think that thing was spray painted on. Honestly, he should have put on the fat suit from Hairspray and showed up in drag and he would have looked better. John, it is time to think about growing old gracefully.
Montage, montage montage! What happens when Hollywood writers go on strike? They make montages of course. This year was littered with weird montages, as a tribute to “bees in films” (no joke) “binoculars and telescopes” and “nightmare sequences.” I thought for a moment they were going to make a montage of montage sequences, like the shopping scene in Xanadu where Gene Kelley tries on different outfits to look “hip and cool.” Thank God the writers strike is over, Bruce Vilanch, get to work on next year’s show!
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FOF #706 – Love Stories of Joy and Horror
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Valentine’s Day has come and gone. For some it’s a great time to celebrate passion and romance, but for many it’s a time to feel lonely and isolated from the world around them.
You know that we’re always here for you, to keep you company, to keep you safe and warm on those cold metaphorical winter nights.
On today’s show we’re sharing our sexy stories of lust and love, and dates that went horribly wrong and unexpected encounters that turned out to be hotter than the surface of the sun.
Sometimes, being single is the best place to be.
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FOF #702 – The 702 Club
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It’s hard to believe that we are into our fourth year of podcasting! With so many shows under our belt we decided to assemble a clip show to commemorate the good times. Welcome to the 702 Club!
We don’t do a lot of clip shows because honestly, the editing process is difficult and time consuming. As much fun as these clip shows are and as nice as it is to look back, we always aim to stay focused on the future, because that is where the possible lies.
In the coming weeks we have a lot of great new shows and guests lined up for you to enjoy. So please stick with us as we move on.
I know a lot of people will write and say “I miss this person” when they hear them on a clip. Please be assured we miss these people too. We had great times and good friendships with them. They contributed so much to all of us. They helped us live, love, laugh and grow.
It hurts when we come up with a great comedy bit and think “perfect for so an so” and there not there to deliver it, but it’s the old show business cliche that “The show must go on” and indeed, on we do go. It’s always a new day at the Feast of Fools and we will always seek out the brightest and best for you and for us.
The most important thing you can do to show guests you care is to get a profile! The bigger the community, the more they’ll be encouraged to keep on doing what they are doing.
If you are a fan of someone who appears on the show, then never forget to post your comments on the show they are on- it’s your way of giving applause. Send them a private message through the website, get to know them and show them you appreciate their efforts.
Thanks to the following “superheroes” who did extensive research and contributed clip ideas: berrym16, rcktmanil, JoshPoz, gabe, kwhinsahw, and PupDon. Kisses to you all.
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