There’s a scandal happening on Twitter right now – I’m being Fact-Checked a la Fox News @KelleyFactCheck I have some suspects in mind, but until then – who you gonna trust: Me, or that dumb kitten?
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*WARNING #1: The sound quality of this recording is ROUGH. Paris’s mic is malfunctioning (or off), I’m having a 2-hour long asthma attack, and I didn’t check it like I should have. I apologize for the quality, and offer this solution: Imagine that I am sitting really close to you while we’re listening to Paris and The Business, LLC over speakerphone…only you don’t get to contribute to the conversation because they don’t know you’re there. If you have a good imagination, you can get through this one!
*Warning #2: We talk about Star Wars: The Force Awakens a lot. If you don’t want to be spoiled, please don’t listen until after you’ve seen it.
2015 is almost over, and Paris and The Business join me to say goodbye to an eventful year, talk about Star Wars, The Hateful Eight, brag about our sparrow racing talents in Destiny, and give thanks that Paris is done with classes.
We provide some First-Date Triage for when things go horribly wrong on a first date, and a listener shares a first-date experience with us on which we give some perspective.
We review the major things that happened to us over the year, and flip tables over the inability to let go and the inability to spell a name correctly.
Have a safe and Happy New Year, everyone!
Happy New Year!
It’s the thought that counts!
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Sean Ryan of Alpha Counter and the Method to Madness Podcast helps me get ready for the hectic holiday season by joining me for this festive installment of Mating Habits.
We discuss my recent break-up, Sean’s broken PS3, and how you’re a broken human being if you don’t think Netflix’s Jessica Jones is the best thing since Luke Cage’s muscles.
Stop listening to this and go watch Jessica Jones now!
We discuss some finer points to navigating the holiday season with your significant others, play a couple rounds of One, True, Three, and flip tables that may or may not contain vegan cookies and almond milk left for Santa.
May your Tauntauns be feisty and your Sith Lord show mercy this Holiday Season!
The Dreamiest Podcast on the Internet!
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It’s a holiday week, but Em and I didn’t let that stop us from putting out this little gem about texting tips and the cutest boys in geekdom right now.
We also talk about RenFaires, Black Friday sales, family woes and sweepstakes winnings.
Tables get flipped directly at friends and co-hosts we know and love, and co-workers who don’t know how the phones work.
Hope you all had a better Thanksgiving holiday than I did, and hope you enjoy this short and sweet episode!
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Andrew travels to the Mating Habits Studios to record a refreshingly light and fun episode…and almost dies in the process!
Once the adrenaline wears off, we talk about new jobs, good books, good shows on Netflix, and the 10% drop in Traffic that PornHub experienced when Fallout 4 went live.
Whose idea was this anyway?
The results of The Great Pizza Debate are revealed, with a surprise message from our friends Ant and Tom from the Anywhere but Here Podcast.
We give you some fun date ideas for those of you who are sick of dinner and a movie, and play our first-ever installment of Marry/Shag/Kill where I try to make Andrew “Kill his Darlings,” and he tries to skeeve me out.
Tables are flipped, as per usual, over cynicism and Apple iMusic functionality, and the racket that is Hulu Plus.
Our thoughts go out to those affected by the attacks in Paris, and we hope you enjoy this fluffy departure, if only for a couple of hours of nonsense.
Links!
Lifehack.org 31 Cheap Date Ideas
Redbook 100 Great Date Ideas
Thought Catalog 20 Date Ideas that Aren’t Netflix
First Date Ideas
Cheap Date Ideas
Tobit Software Robot Strippers
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Prepare for our triumphant return with an exciting, interview-packed, super-sized episode of Mating Habits!
Sean Ryan and I discuss the ins and outs (pun intended) of the adult entertainment industry and how it relates to those of us in the geek community. Some of the things we discuss may be illegal or otherwise not allowed where you live, so take everything we say with a grain of salt – we are not suggesting anyone listening to this show engaging in any illegal acts, nor are we suggesting actually following any of the suggestions we do give. We’re not actual life coaches 🙂
I score the interview of the century with everyone’s favorite purveyor of all things Japanese, Peter Payne of JList! Peter teaches me about the Japanese attitude of “Shō ga nai,” where they’ve given up on trying to change what people want to do in the privacy of their own homes, and simply say, “It cannot be helped.” It’s a wonderful philosophy.
While you’re listening to the interview, please check out JList and all the things (not just the adult stuff) that you can find to satisfy your Japanese cravings:
JList
And check out Peter Payne’s blog about Japanese culture and more at:
JList Blog
Sean and I also gab about our latest video game obsessions with Transformers: Devastation and Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, how much fun the Supergirl pilot was, and we relive the epic night that was Sean and Vane’s Spooky Birthday Party.
Tables get flipped over Campbell’s Soup potentially ruining Star Wars, and how the only thing you should ever flip are pancakes, scripts, and tables – never teenagers in their desks at school.
Gorgeous photo shoot of Model: Cyndi Dawn
Photographer: Somer Ahonen of Lockbox Studios
Show Links!
Greetings fellow Geeks, Nerds, Outsiders, Misanthropes, and sundry Cool-types!
Drake says, #KeepToppingsTraditional
If you were expecting Episode 76 of Mating Habits of the Modern Geek to be released today, I’m sorry to disappoint you. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for your friend and host – there’s been a staggering increase in real-life work (yay! Money!), a busy social schedule, and a recent health issue with an immediate family member have prevented me from bringing you the quality content that you enjoy.
The good news is we’ve got all sorts of interesting things planned for the episodes ahead, including interviews, listener-participation shows, and maybe some Periscope broadcasts that we’ll somehow saved to YouTube.
In the meantime, check out the back catalogue of Mating Habits episodes that you may have missed. Take a gander at some of the latest episodes from the other Pod Pals: Room 173 with M3CJNV, Anywhere but Here, Nerd Church, History of Misunderstanding, Weekly Geek Speak, and Attaboy Clarence.
Also, check out the fuss behind all these pizza memes and vote for me and help me #KeepToppingsTraditional using this Survey Link.
See you all next week and as always, thanks for listening!
-Kelley
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We’re waterlogged down here in North Carolina, but Paris, The Business, LLC, and I paddled our way through the floods to record another episode of Mating Habits.
I had a date night and saw The Martian, Paris and The Business talk about The Awesomes on Hulu, And we’re excited about the return of The Muppets. Also, we finally get to squee about The Taken King, since the Destiny Step it Up To the Streets clan is in the house!
This episode’s topic is Small Talk: Why it’s important, how it can help you make better social connections, and ways to keep conversations going when you meet someone new.
We flip some serious tables over space invaders, un-American weather models, and gun-control.
LINKS:
Small Talk Topic Ideas
More Small Talk Topic Ideas
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Sean Ryan saves my bacon and joins me to share weird and awkward dating stories – Sean’s story list consists of famous cousins, dangerous almost-cholas, and disappearing Nigerians. My stories include an in-date level-up and being held hostage at a farmer’s market – and strange dating customs from around the world.
The universe hates Sean’s new car – a lot, and he has Last of Us frustrations…still. We can’t get drunk, even at my birthday party; and Wil Wheaton ruins EVERYTHING! Destiny: The Taken King has come out, so basically, my life is suddenly too busy to get a podcast out on time.
Tables get flipped over literal “Party Poopers,” and how no one on Last of Us has any muscle memory after years of surviving in the clicker-filled post apocalypse.
Could you take fewer than 5 minutes to load that bullet?! Could you?!!
Or two…or a damn half-dozen!
Check out MoatCon4!
Fathom Events – Doctor Who in 3D!
There’s a Batman Day?
Crazy Dating Practices
Empty Sheathes and more!
13 Weird Dating Practices from Other Countries
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Em stops by to help me celebrate my birthday by comparing the pros and cons about what it’s like to be a third wheel with all of our couple-friends.
We lament over the loss of Hannibal, I misidentify a Singaporean as Chinese for the entire show, Em is excited over her upcoming trip to Scotland, and I watched Europa Report on Netflix with my boyfriend…I think I’m doing this whole “Netflix and Chill” thing all wrong.
Tables get flipped over Trumpsters, that bitch who won’t do her job, and the jerk who keeps stealing Em’s Lean Cuisines. We’re coming for you, frozen-dinner thief!
Because you don’t have time to make a tutu Yoshi.
LINKS!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/20/third-wheels_n_5050235.html
http://thecollegecrush.com/surviving-the-third-wheel-syndrome/
http://elitedaily.com/dating/sex/the-5-ways-to-make-the-most-of-being-a-third-wheel/
http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Being-a-Third-Wheel
