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Maybe strained my voice a bit recording this second- or third-to-last episode for this book, but I definitely want it on Podiobooks, too, so...   Part II On The Man Called Christ Chapter VI The Five Deaths of the Faith Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz  Comments via the https://www.speakpipe.com/grizzlysgrowls  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls

"The Symbol and the Saint," from "Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse," by Eugene Field, published in 1912. A very pretty story I found, and recorded on this date back in 2008, as Hiber-Nation 45.  Still makes a good audio Christmas card, not perfect, but heartfelt. Best wishes for a joyous holiday season, whatever holiday you celebrate!  And here's to better times in the coming year. Show Theme "Hot Swing" and other music from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz  Comments via the https://www.speakpipe.com/grizzlysgrowls  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

Preparing for Chapter V, I found out there's also a Chapter VI that I hadn't known about, as well as a Conclusion chapter, then there's the two appendices.  So I better get to steppin'. Part II On The Man Called Christ Chapter V The Escape from Paganism Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Grizzlysgrowls.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

I can maybe get this book up on Podiobooks in time... along with my other project.  But I'll have to be very quick!  And then... Part II On The Man Called Christ Chapter IV The Witness of the Heretics Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Grizzlysgrowls.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

Only a couple subjects to cover tonight.  Maybe a brief "get off my lawn" rant on this new Virtual Reality thing. First let me give you some rather bad news.  Podiobooks.com has been sold to a site called Scribl.  Podiobooks is still there.  Sort of.  The stuff I've already posted is still on that site.  So far. Thing is, Scribl is all about _selling_ audio versions of books.  Podiobooks was about giving away audio versions of books, and accepting donations, if any.  There weren't many donations, or at least I didn't see many.  Lots of downloads and listeners, not so much with the money. So, Scribl the sellers of audiobooks, don't accept anything using Creative Commons content.  Can't sell something licensed for only non-commercial use.  And even if I decided my recordings were not so licensed... I use Creative Commons licensed music and sound effects.  I'd have to pay for commercially usable music to support the Public Domain books I record.  And of course I can't afford to do that. Higher bitrates, that

Noticed an ironic typo in the title of the current chapter, and had to share that, but went with (probably) the correct version. Part II On The Man Called Christ Chapter III The Strangest Story in the World Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Grizzlysgrowls.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls    

Upgraded my computer a bit, new SSD, but I might have done it wrong.  Whole lot of room now, though.  And then, "The Everlasting Man..."   Part II On The Man Called Christ Chapter II The Riddles of the Gospel Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Grizzlysgrowls.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls

A little bit on starting work from home.  Still feels odd, but probably good.   Part II On The Man Called Christ Chapter I The God in the cave Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Grizzlysgrowls.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls

Just a quick note, in case you've been wondering. I've recorded more G.K. Chesterton books than of any other author.  I like his writing, and I like the way I sound when I read it. That doesn't mean I agree with everything he says, and I am not endorsing his beliefs.  He was I gather considered a liberal by the standards of his day.  By modern standards he'd be a bigot and a racist.  He was profoundly parochial in every sense of the world, and proud of it.  His views were those of a man of his time, place and background.  He could use terms and language that in a public venue today would  make jaws drop and fists rise.  And yes, I quote them word for word.  Because yes, that's what he wrote in the book. That said, he was an intelligent man and a good writer.  And he spoke in a manner that has gone out of fashion.  It seems the fashion lately to despise people who don't agree, and to see malice in every opinion and action, what one writer has called the "indig-nation," a whole society whose first response i

I have a severe allergy to too-clever political speech.  This is my abrupt sneeze on a timely topic.  Sorry.  Here's a tissue. Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com. Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255 Or the "Voicemail" widget on Grizzlysgrowls.com  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls Take the podcast survey, please?   Here's a link for you.  

I casually mentioned on Twitter that the late Chief Justice Warren Berger was wrong about the Second Amendment.  And he was, indirectly.  I got jumped on with both feet by someone with lots more followers than me.  And when I responded without fawning, Twitter decided I must be hacked and took me offline. So here's my well-regulated "mansplanation" of what I'd only suggested I might say before.  It's not as articulate as it might be, and I didn't make an effort to respond to the million-follower trolls and flamewars in detail.  Just said my piece in 10 minutes or so, and stopped. It's a discussion we damn well better have now, while we still can.  As some old white guy once said.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com. Or the "Voicemail" widget on Podbusker.com Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255 Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls Take the podcast survey, please?   Here's a link for you.  

Got the Karaoke machine working.  Turned out I simply needed to unplug and reseat the cable from the machine to the mixer, and it seems fine now.  Here's hoping.  And then The Everlasting Man... Part I On The Creature Called Man Chapter VII The War of the Gods and Demons Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Grizzlysgrowls.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls

Just a brief mention of trying to get my Karaoke machine working for singing in Second Life.  And I forgot to mention the new logo, based on a gift from a fan (on Second Life, dunno if he listens here)... which as you can see is gorgeous! Recorded this episode and this chapter of Everlasting Man on the Blue Yeti.  Better?  Took six hours to edit, especially the traffic noises. UPDATE: found an edit problem a month later and updated the file.  Oopsie. Part I On The Creature Called Man Chapter VI The Demons and The Philosophers Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Grizzlysgrowls.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls

About that iPhone encryption thing... Was listening to Leo LaPorte et al on This Week in Google 341, after so many other discussions of the Apple dispute with the FBI over access to the content of the one particular iPhone, and Leo made a passing comment about how some people think phones ought to have special legal protections...  and I thought to myself, "you know, maybe they should!"  So I spent a few minutes trying to explain off the cuff what I mean by that, why we are setting precedents now that will be critical for generations, well into the Singularity.  So listen in, bear with my pontification, and let me know what you think. It's a discussion we damn well better have now, while we still can.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com. Or the "Voicemail" widget on Podbusker.com Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255 Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls Take the podcast survey, please?   Here's a link for you.  

So, GRIZZLYSGROWLS.COM is back! And a brief discussion of what Podbusker and DigitalVoyageur mean. And I added a new @BlueMicrophones Yeti which hopefully improves the sound.  Think I might do a review of the thing sometime.  Followed by...   Part I On The Creature Called Man Chapter V Man and Mythologies Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Podbusker.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls

A reading from my blog, wherein I am "Speaking Freely," and then, my throat was a bit rough from allergies...   Part I On The Creature Called Man Chapter IV God and Comparative Religion Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Podbusker.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls

Various growls about the Podcast Awards, the Survey, and a couple of "job offer" phishes I got, claiming to be from Australian energy companies.  Unfortunately no, I don't get to go to Australia.  And then, The Everlasting Man...   Part I On The Creature Called Man Chapter III The Antiquity of Civilization Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Podbusker.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls

Devoted the whole show to my reactivated Donor's Choose Giving Page including three new projects from Duluth: Seating for Active Students Classroom iPads and Flexible Seating to Complete Our Classroom All three are from Piedmont Elementary, not too very far from where I went to elementary school.  They actually closed down all three of my elementary, junior high and high schools, so this was close.  Give early and give often!    Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com. Or the "Voicemail" widget on Podbusker.com Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255 Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls Take the podcast survey, please?   Here's a link for you.  

Part I On The Creature Called Man Chapter II Professors and Prehistoric Men Book Theme "Deliberate Thought" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.   Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com.  Comments via Audioboo and tag it #HeyGriz Or the "Voicemail" widget on Podbusker.com  Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255  Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

Autism blah blah blah Executive Dysfunction yadda yadda yadda podcast. Show Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com. Or the "Voicemail" widget on Podbusker.com Comment Line: 218-234-CALL   218-234-2255 Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls Take the podcast survey, please?   Here's a link for you.