Hey Dude, I try to sort through my messy milestone birthday, perfectly captured in my super funky selfie that inspired the call. <br /><br />QUOTE: "There's a lot of strands in the old duder's head..."<br /><br /><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/vergeofthedude/VD2025_10_18.mp3">AUDIO LINK</a><br /><br />CAST: Modesto, Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, The Dude, The Doors, Bill Murray<br /><br />SPECIAL GUEST CAMEO: Ming Ming <br /><br />LOCATIONS: Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City (UUCSC), Paris, France, Smoke House, Ernie's Taco House, Toluca Lake, Casa Vega, Hill Street Cafe, St. Leon Armenian Cathedral, Bob's Big Boy, In-N-Out Burger<br /><br />PROPS: Facebook, #MoreDoubles, podcasting<br /><br />FILMS: The Big Lebowski, Caddyshack <br /><br />SONGS: Dancing in the Dark <br /><br />LULLABY: The End by The Doors<br /><br />SOUNDS: gravel, footsteps, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawdust_Art_Festival#History">Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes </a> helicoper, Ming Ming, jet, wind<br /><br />PHOTO: "Self-Portrait" shot with my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_XS">iPhone XS</a><br /><br />RECORDED: October 18, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Burbank_Airport">Hollywood Burbank Airport</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank,_California">Burbank</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California">California</a><br /><br />GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.<br /><br />TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 17:14<br /><br />FILE SIZE: ~ 17MB<br /><br />GENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional <br /><br />HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on <a href="http://podwrecked.com/">Podwrecked</a> and host of <a href="https://createartpodcast.podbean.com/">Create Art Podcast</a>)<br /><br />DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.