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Betsy and her husband Kris Nov 21, 2007

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:20:11 -0600

Croncast - 2007-11-21.mp3
Show: #436
Length: 29:38
Size: 20.3mb
Format: mp3

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This is a rocking show today
I forgot to give a shout out to Marisa on the show for her support!!
Friday's show . . . brought to you by Marisa
Leaving comments on any post
I think we've been putting out too many shows
Everybody tells me that they are behind
Maybe we should do fewer shows?
Folks got a little time and they ask, "What are Kris and Betsy up to these days?"
People as things as if they weren't true
"Was the cake really that bad?"
Yes
You can't make up a cake like that
Our stories are spit-shined not made up
Betsy got a nice comment today
"you're the best. the number one on the planet"
The number 1 hussy
The number 1 reverse mullet wearer
Living in a ceramic tube by the river
Great art from dead junkie clothing crazy patched quilts
I can't go there with you, Kris
Yeah, I heard every bit of bitching
She starts talking to me like I am the friend in the wheelchair
Wow, I can't go there with you, Betsy
Off to the gem stones and stamp show
He pulls in to a handicap spot
Goes to the trunk and pulls out a wheelchair
A rental
Made of vinyl and sticky from last guys sweat
It's like me at Goodwill
A dent from the colostomy bag
You're dad had this planned
Re-gifted Chinese made products are fine
It was an ugly shirt
There is a fine line between gay and gangster
If you think I am dressing gay, then I am dressing good
Karma would be a drag queen in my world
Wouldn't she?
Betsy gets shot down by ChildServ for a job
I got the group home skills
"The children need stability"
What?
Teaching improv to juvenile offenders

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Betsy and her husband Kris Nov 19, 2007

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:46:14 -0600

Croncast - 2007-11-19.mp3
Show: #435
Length: 34:52
Size: 23.9mb
Format: mp3

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Baby, I been 33 for a week and realized something
You are beautiful
You've go a style all your own
Did senility set in?
You've got the reverse mullet
I need to get this woman a PBR
You got the part up front and business in the back
A very serious paradigm shift
So sorry for you sucka
You gots to see the business coming
You have requested I sell everything I own
Mine, my stuff
I bring up your rings
What did you tell me, Betsy?
Yeah, whatever
You can get your second wife bigger rocks than these
Diamond guns
I'll have diamonds falling out of my shirt sleeves
And now after taxes we can live off of it for a month
Spending money breathing
Garrick said, "It's expensive to wake up in the morning."
Paying to get through the day
Gotta get paid while you sleep
People do buy it now while I am snoring away
We bought ourselves a little time
Thanks to Chris Brogan, Rob Shore, John C Havens and others for leads
Head over to Croncast.com and check my resume
Oh, what are you doing?
Big stress doesn't lend itself to thinking about the holidays
His TV is buying a doll and a fruit tray
I'm queen of the wives
Speaking of this
Evan and I got into trouble with this last week
"what do you wives do?"
We said "Naperville" the wives don't work
I could be making $10 slanging slurpees
And you would still be at home
We could get a Jaguar gift certificate
Maybe the Volvo should disappear?
I called ChildServ to see if I can get on schedule
Back to my story
I was Christmas shopping
I am not going buy anything Made in China
Especially not a doll
What?
Have you gone all blue collar?
They'll poison your toothpaste and feed you Aqua Dots
I don't get this
I buy retail once a year
It's ok if it is gifted to Goodwill and you get it?
Hell yes
Even American Girl Dolls are made in China
So I am working this doll tip
You can't find any dolls that are not made in China
Betsy is out to change the world
She has always been fascinated with China
Chinese history books are all over the house
I grill Betsy on it as she avoids
This isn't about improv
I think the Cultural Revolution were interesting
I am trying to make this easy for you to understand
Olympic questions next
It'll be fine as long as no one gets pregnant
Dexter on Showtime has been great this season
WGA strike
Screw the studios . . . these writers should get on with it online
Thanks to CaptRespect and MacGeek for support!!

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Betsy and her husband Kris Dec 25, 2006

Mon, 25 Dec 2006 07:02:52 -0600

Croncast - 2006-12-25.mp3

Show: #318
Length: 30:56
Size: 21.2 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris December 25, 2006

Today's show is brought to you by The Zeliffs
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Yup, a Christmas day show for those who celebrate and those who don't
We celebrate on Christmas Eve
How come the phone is ringing?
Why are neighbors stopping by?
Oh yeah
The beaten turkey a few years ago
Returned the meat to the store
He wasn't part of the status quo
He wants to be free-range
Beat him in front of the other turkeys make sure they see it
The group home kids are opening their stuff right now
Thanks to you guys who donated for the cause
Not wanting to get official
We just wanted to collect the money
Now we have some ChildServ corporate listeners
Back to Christmas . . . wasn't my dinner spectacular
Tackling the gifts that have been waiting
Pulling Christmas names
They would brawl . . . they could do it on the Wii
I go first, no you go first . . . my dad would trip on the way down the stairs
Now there are all these people and kids
Kris why are you being such an asshole
Have you ever had to take an intermission with gift opening?
We'll have to rethink it
Opening gifts all at the same time
I'm gonna get cake . . . who wants cake?
Could have gotten the kids two things
Digital picture prints for Betsy
When you're a mom you can't go through all the digital photos to print
Pictures of everyone
Worst hair choices for the past few years
Betsy sees the short hair picture and says lemme do it again
Dangly earings, denim jacket and Indigo Girls in the back ground
Patches of Mr. B hair all over the place
Betsy had blocked it out of her memory
What a bad decision
It's not even a pretty color it is dirt brown
Hair today gone tomorrow gift certificate
The investment in head shaving
Red for a couple days . . . it's hat season
Us bald guys we get chilly
Why would I want my eyebrows done
The in between part
Self-image change
It's a Van Dyke not a Goatee . . . it can't be
The sizes need to be set for the daddies who are shopping at the last minute
What about earings?
No I asked for a ring with nothing sticking up
No, no, no I just need a ring
The fact that it doesn't fit is not cool
Unique like my baby
Return it and go to Costco
Hey Mr. B . . . thanks for your gift . . . I'd like to return it . . . Let's go to Costco
Yeah, yeah, no, no you can't do that
Just get sized
Maybe that hurt my feelings a bit
Dry cleaning chemicals are really Febreeze
I loved your present Mr. B
Gotta give it up so I'm not into it out of love
I tore it up on my ribs
I rolled over in the middle of the night and I whimpered
If you wanna be a boxer grow some balls
I'm knocking you out
Pictures straight from the Wii
Adding all of your Wii Friend Codes
Like a build a bear
What are the Pagans doing?
Better yet what are the Universalist Unitarians?
Dancing around the saturnalia tree

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Betsy and her husband Kris Dec 18, 2006

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:07:48 -0600

Croncast - 2006-12-18.mp3

Show: #315
Length: 38:33
Size: 26.4 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris December 18, 2006

Again with the short show notes.

Here's the skinny . . . got a good story from the weekend(Nintendo Wii).
Thanks to everyone that made a donation to ChildServ. We collected $1850.00!!
So how this will go from this point until we run out is say that each show is brought to you by ______________________.
Today's show is brought to you by Joerg Steger.
Her basement probably smells like the 10 pounds that I lost
I gotta get a Wii
Betsy skills are needed and she didn't do it up
The skills of getting the goods
Kris gets lucky like a sailor in the Arctic
Betsy doesn't answer her cell phone
It works against her
Betsy's new business . . . this is what it's like being married to Mr B

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Betsy and her husband Kris Dec 15, 2006

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:12:37 -0600

Croncast - 2006-12-15.mp3

Show: #314
Length: 31:40
Size: 21.7 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris December 15, 2006

These are gonna be some quick notes (but a rockin' show) . . . big day. I watched Oprah today
Nothing comes good after that statement
Men, lose 30 and get an extra inch
I gotta strike up a conversation with Tubby
The QVC return reseller program . . . a dream for Betsy
No blistering for Mr. B
It was nice to have Mellisa here
Thanks to everyone for the donations!!!!!
Thanks again to Anonymous for the $400 donation!!!!!
Today is the final day for ChildServ donations
If we hit a total of $2000 which means $600 bucks more today . . . Betsy is going to eat
spinach dip out of my belly button and photos will ensue
Santa isn't running the sweat shop this year

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Betsy and her husband Kris Dec 13, 2006

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:09:59 -0600

Croncast - 2006-12-13.mp3

Show: #313
Length: 39:18
Size: 27.0 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris December 13, 2006

Today is not for the triscadecaphobic
Betsy is the demon seed
Send her a paragraph why she is evil . . . not really
Betsy causes the world's woes
That voice you near is Melissa from ChildServ
We're collecting that money until Friday
I got some cool stuff
Keeping them out of soap and sheets holiday posse
Melissa says, "Kids don't want to open soap at Christmas"
The door bell interrupts us
eBay rule number 437 . . . show up on time, not early
He won't ring the door bell
Betsy broke the rules first and Melissa calls her on it
The hole that we do the show in, Betsy admits it
A care bear that has had it's eyes eaten by the dog
Eyeless care bears
Betsy has to show Melissa her storage area
1000 square feet devoted to garbage
I was going to try to help if I could
No, Melissa did not come over here
I just don't like it when people are early
Strangers should show up on time
"Betsy wouldn't have a big blow up Santa and basketball hoop at her house"
You're about to transport who? Where? Betsy you have to take the van
If you've listened for a long you know this, we know poor
Two months of eating rice out of a wok
Betsy got eBay skills to by clothes, diapers, food, pay for pre-school
Anti-foraging hater . . . Diannah read and reply please
So what does all of this mean?
It is all about having the ability or knowing when or how to do it
You have to make it your goal
It has been happening for ever
Walmart and the Elmo's . . . Betsy move
There is no buying from Walmart
Betsy explains why Kris is Walmart hater
It's the labor practices
Things that the kids would like
Betsy tries to balance both her sides
The Unitarians are right in the middle
Donations end on Friday
What makes a success
Getting out of the program means independent living skills
Graduate who is now getting his masters
Where's the money?
It's Thanksgiving break . . . can I come to the group home?
Having family makes a big difference
Melissa has been doing it for 11 years!

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ChildServ donations tally

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:39:01 -0600

Hey guys, thanks for the donations so far!

We are up to $550 and zero cents. If you got the means to donate some loot click the donations graphic on the main Croncast page or send us a check made out to ChildServ to our p.o. box (see contact page).

We'll stop taking donations on Friday December 15th so that ChildServ can use the money for the boys at the group home.

On Monday's show we will hopefully have a representative from ChildServ's boys' group home on the show.

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Betsy and her husband Kris Nov 09, 2006

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:11:10 -0600

Croncast - 2006-11-09.mp3

Show: #299
Length: 30:55
Size: 21.22mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris November 09, 2006

LAST DAY TO ENTER 300 by 300th CONTEST - ENDS 11:59 p.m. CST
It's Betsy's two year Croncast anniversary!
She felt pity for me and my nerd type shows
Listen to our first show together
Booba wouldn't do it with me
Roping anyone and Betsy's desire to hear how much better it got with her
Doing all the shows in the last week
We'll send out the
Recognizing spousal work
Betsy got the ChildServ people on the horn and here's what we got
For now . . . until I am able to find time to make a cool donations page stuff here's the deal:

Send donations to - kris@palegroove.com or checks to:

Kris and Betsy Smith
P.O. Box 9690
Naperville, IL 60567

That is the skinny
Astronaut Dave my former college roommate
The busyness of life
Leaf sucking and not blowing
Life is show prep
Betsy needs a holiday learning session
QVC returns on palettes - Betsy's new nirvana
She wants a new raking outfit
The Queer eye shoosh
The Puffy Cuff shoosh

1) Fill out the appropriate form for you - *New* Listener or Get a Handle (current listener)
2) Verify your email address (Activates and qualifies those with a "Handle")
3) *New* listeners get activated and qualified by using their special RSS feed
4) 300th new listener and the person whose Handle they use win iPods AND
5) A drawing for 2 more iPods from everyone who entered!

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Two Years Of Getting It On! Nov 8, 2006

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:05:52 -0600

Croncast - 2006-11-08.mp3

Show: #298
Length: 42:46
Size: 29.3mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris November 08, 2006

It is the Croncast 2 year anniversary! Read on for reason of lack of show notes.

This sucks . . . I blew away the show notes by closing the tab after typing them in and not submitting. Firefox should ask if I really want to close the tab instead of just doing it. This sucks.

Betsy tells her auction story, possibly a classic and we also talk about what we're going to do for the group home kids. So we are going to be doing a donation drive for them. I will have some more posts and set up a process for promoting it but it will be later. Got lots of information about the organization but check out their site for more Childserv.org.

For now if you would like to make a cash donation to be given directly to the group home send it to kris@palegroove.com (PayPal).

Auction photos:

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