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Episode 97 – An octopus grows old eating

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Episode 95 – Wiring the Fifth Ranger

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Episode 93 – Mike joined us and it wasn’t all that horrible

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Episode 91 – Laura and the Killjoys

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Episode 89 – Dead Forge

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Episode 87 – AV Club

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Episode 85 – Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf – special #snarkweek edition

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Episode 83 – Tales of Typography and Tyson

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS83.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS  Mel’s Recommendation: App: Retype It’s $2.99 on the iTunes App Store. And yes, it’s only available for iOS devices. This is a cool Typography app that comes with built in  fonts, backgrounds, and quotes to use. You can alter almost everything you see on the screen. You can, of course, use your own pics as a background and change the quote on the screen. I think it will work awesomely for Demotivational Posters. Like this one. I’m Sorry.     … Continue reading →

Episode 81 – Tidying Up at Sam’s

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Episode 79 – Pointless Fun Stacking Leopards and Foxes

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/ns79.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSWe are super happy to have Special Guest KAREN THUL on this episode! We hope she’ll return….   Mel’s Recommendation: Movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938) Mel finally has a recommendation older than Kelly’s! Stars Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant and was directed by Howard Hawks.  This is probably Mel’s very favoritest RomCom/Screwball Comedy EVER! There’s a LEOPARD named Baby, a Zoologist/Paleontologist, Intercostal Clavicles, Screwball Characters SPOILER ALERT: Oddly for Mel, this movie has a happy ending. You may be able to … Continue reading →