On a rainy, miserable weekend because they can do little outside work, Ninja  and Special K conduct a painting proof of concept in the basement that also includes the art of putting Muskoka chairs together.  They debate whether Adirondack, Muskoka and Cape Cod Chairs are all the same or not.   Ninja finds proof in Wikipedia that they might be, but Special K is certain they are all slightly different.  Ninja promises her partner that there will be no podcasting this weekend, but can't quite stick with it.

Nerd Girl by Steve Hilbert 

Joan comes to a podcaster’s meetup and starts asking questions that everyone wants to answer yet digresses from.  Revealed: What is it about podcasting that makes us want to spend hours and hours editing?  Podcasting is about passion.  We discuss the intimacy of podcasting, lattes, beer, and subjectivity.   Sean admits he can listen to a knitting podcast and be thoroughly engaged.  And challenges us to listen to his podcast about songwriting at Ductape Guy.   

We learn that podcasters are communists, anarchists, members of knitting cults, hobbyists, navel gazers, former hippies, and most important of all: communitists – a new word coined by Joan.  (Later that evening Katherine comes up with the verb form:  communitize).   Scarborough Dude swears a lot and then Joan swears back.  So listen to this MetaCast with Sean, Katherine, Ken, Daniel, Rob, John, Valerie and others.  

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Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 60 

Ninja celebrates one year of podcasting bliss. She pays tribute to all the wonderful people, bloated beings, crazy drag queens, creative bois and lovely gurls who have enriched her life this year. 27:17 minutes

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Ninja and Special K aerate and seed the lawn this week. A visit from Simba the cat. Ninja runs out of grass seed and scours the city for more.

Ninja talks about the power of the word. “Sticks and stones…”

You must be hardhearted if you don’t think Julie Andrews has one of the most beautiful singing voices of the past century. Other famous singers heard: The Bee Gees. Famous artists mentioned: Cindy Sherman, Matthew Barney. Canadian soundmeisters mentioned: Tod Maffin. 20:03 minutes

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