Bench Ash Shirt: Recent Episodes
Shawn Powers
The Bench Ash Shirt podcast is probably a waste of your time. But it's a glorious waste of your time. And you will get points for listening. Like, a TON of points.
Shawn almost wrote a book about bread. Not a recipe book, but… more like the story of bread. The book was rejected partway through the process, so he has… thoughts. About bread. (And butter)
Here is the only copy of the “I Love Bread” SNL video I could find…
Today’s Drink:Jarritos Tamarind (but check your local grocery store before buying on Amazon, it’s expensive on Amazon)
Bread Stuff:Flour Water Salt Yeast (book)
Amazon Link | Indie Bookstore Link
Breadmaking Kit, with bannetons, lame, and scrapers
Digital Kitchen Scale
Fancy Round Bread Lame
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In this episode, Danielle deep dives on Animus Dragons from the Wings of Fire series, and the moral implications of dealing with power. (Not “Powers”, no one is quite sure how to deal with me…)
Stuff mentioned in the episode (Affiliate Links, which means Shawn might get a few cents that would otherwise go directly to Jeff Bezos!):
Strawberries & Cream Dr. Pepper (Zero Sugar)
Strawberries & Cream Dr. Pepper
Coke Move (from last week’s failed episode)
Kid/YA Books:Wings of Fire: Boxset (1-5)
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affiliate Link
Wings of Fire: Boxset (6-10)
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affiliate Link
Bartimaeus (Book 1)
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affiliate Link
The Warriors: Boxset (1-6)
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affiliate Link
The Warriors: Boxset (7-12)
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affiliate Link
Dragonlance Chronicles Book 1 (Dragons of Autumn Twilight)
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affiliate Link
Big Kid (Adult?) Books:Temeraire Book 1 - His Majesty’s Dragon
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affiliate Link
The Martian - Andy Weir
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affiliate Link
The Martian (Classroom Edition, less cussing)
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affiliate Link
Artemis - Andy Weir
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affliate Link
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Indie Bookstore Link | Amazon Affiliate Link
Ordinary Monsters - J.M. Miro
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dragons #WingsOfFire #AnimusDragon #books
NOTE: All Indie bookstore links are to the store where my wife works, McLean & Eakin Booksellers
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In this episode, Ben deep dives on why we say the things we say. And why the poop emoji has a smile.
Today’s drink is Loganberry, sent to us by Ben, who lives in western New York State. Which appears to be the only place a person can buy Loganberry. Unless you go to Amazon. It’s absurdly expensive to buy the cans on Amazon, but Ben also pointed us to a concentrated version that might be a bit more affordable. Or, you know, just by freeze-pops and drink the juice inside. :)
Stuff mentioned in the episode (Affiliate Links, which means Shawn might get a few cents that would otherwise go directly to Jeff Bezos!)
Canned LoganberryLoganberry Concentrate (cheaper!)Little Hugs (Barrel of “Fruit”)
Loganberry Vodka
Loganberry Margarita Recipe
BOOKS:Don’t Believe a WordWords on the MoveBecause InternetThe Dictionary of Lost Words
language #grammar #emoji #emoticon
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This week, Asher talks about the recent controversy in the Dungeons & Dragons world. And if you’re not sure what we mean by “recent”, well, that makes sense. It turns out the history of DnD is fraught with controversy. And fornicating unicorns.
DnD #dndbegone #WOTC #Hasbro #OGL #drama #goats #TTRPG
The Peeps that shouldn’t be:Dr. Pepper PeepsPeeps Flavored Pepsi
The candy that redeemed Ben’s childhood:Fun Dip
The “candy” which proves Ben is a monster:Halls Cough Drops
The candy with SCIENCE inside:Wint-o-Green Life Savers
(Asher never gave me his weird ad-laden 80’s candy link, but it proved to be underwhelming anyway, so I didn’t press him for it.)
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The “drink” Ben referenced:
Aunt Rosie’s Loganberry
(That’s WAY too expensive from Amazon, but this is just proving it’s a real thing and Ben didn’t make it up)
The only Faygo flavor Shawn says is worth trying:
Faygo “Rock & Rye”
(still pretty spendy from Amazon)
The thing Michiganders drink when they’re sick, usually warmed up:
Vernor’s Ginger Ale
(look, Amazon is not an affordable way to purchase regional beverages, it seems…)
And it looks like Danielle wasn’t lying:
Dr. Brown’s “Cel-Ray” Soda
(And I might have to order this, jacked up price and all…)
The history of Dr. Pepper on Wikipedia
And it appears Shawn was absolutely wrong about Tutti-Frutti having a unique history of chemical creation. He can’t find any evidence that the flavor had anything other than a wholesome history of real fruit and brandy. Never trust Shawn.
Also, some of the links above are affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you anything to click on them, but if you end up buying those over-priced beverages from Amazon, they’ll send us a few pennies as a thank you.
But really, that’s WAY too much to spend on those drinks.
- Danielle is not, in fact, a mangy cat in a burlap sack.
- Ben does not represent the views of, I mean, anyone.
- Even himself probably.