Tue, 23 February 2021
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss life after close to a year in pandemic lockdown. Show notes: - Tough to not see friends - Matt runs Dungeons & Dragons games via Zoom - Surprising number of people are into D&D - It's a good escape from the world - Like a weekly therapy session - Companies use D&D for corporate retreats - Games have grown in popularity during the pandemic - Jay: We started playing a family dominoes game every Saturday - Jay: Played the board game Pandemic years ago - The CDC's zombie announcement - People will run toward the zombies - Going to movies seems so far away - Jay: Like going to concerts, don't love going to movies - Tough time to be a theater actor - Miss going to bars - Will masks stick around after the pandemic ends? - Toilet paper hoarders - Matt ordered TP last April; it arrived in October - Waiting for normalcy - Matt: Look forward to seeing nieces and nephews again - Want to do activities involving other humans - We miss traveling - Jay: Wasn't overly disappointed to not go to a June work conference in Phoenix - Matt hated getting ready to go places, but liked it once he got there - When you can't find parking during a pandemic - Some people don't care about doing the right thing Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian. |