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Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 31, 2007

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:53:52 -0500

Croncast - 2007-10-31.mp3
Show: #427
Length: 31:53
Size: 21.9mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 31, 2007

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It's Halloween here in the states
Betsy points out my illness of the past few days
It feels like something is eating my guts
Pop upstairs and see Betsy is watching PBS HD
That's ok to watch tears on PBS in HD, at least she is watching HD
The grieving process and death
How much more depressing can it get?
Dead babies?
Betsy how can you feel good after that?
Let me transition Kris
This was a transition you just didn't let me get there
Gotta bring it back for the people
The email for it was vague
What are we exactly going for
Not you, not you, not you
It's at the Rosemont Theater
Right by airport with turbine exhaust blowing in our faces
Downwind of O'hare
I put up some of the photos
Those are like Twitter questions
What did you put?
Podcaster
And it filled the whole thing
The people, Bears, the people
None of them were excited to be there
What do you do?
Nothing
Who can't come up with something
Prepare!!!
Don't stand there it's not your mark
Turns out that at this, audition
There was no Pat or Vanna
Plumber pipe fitter
I like to do karaoke
That's perfect, queue the music, YMCA comes on
Merv says, 'no'
Energy drops right out of room
You gotta flow with it
I can see the pipe fitters doing the YMCA karaoke in towels at the lodge
Pipe fitters singing YMCA
I got nothing for it
If you get on stage you get a bobble head Pat or Vanna
That's another Croncast t-shirt
She's just a Wheel junkie
PBS nerds look just like me
No they thought I was the baseball player, Youka-something
They were like, "I didn't know you could hit with moobs"
I did a couple interviews with Tony Kahn and Gary Mott for Morning Stories
Hopefully it will get on
Thanks to Tony and Gary for hanging out and putting up with my podcasting talk
I'm feeling the venom here
Now I have nothing left on my life list but riding a llama
Llamenade serverd at 98.6 degrees

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Tags: Wheel of Fortune PBS WGBH Tony Kahn Gary Mott Morning Stories

Thank you vampire teeth buyer

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:17:13 -0500

Happy halloween to the first buyer from a flafoo.com link.

Enjoy your vampire teeth!

You have been officially flafooed.

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Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 01, 2007

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:28:36 -0500

Croncast - 2007-10-01.mp3
Show: #416
Length: 27:00
Size: 18.8mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 01, 2007

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Trying to upload at airport

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Tags: Halloween New Media Expo virus eating hearing chicken wire holding your own against a stripper

Betsy and her husband Kris Sep 26, 2007

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:46:41 -0500

Croncast - 2007-09-26.mp3
Show: #415
Length: 27:29
Size: 18.8mb
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Betsy and her husband Kris Sep 26, 2007

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Parents of multiples speak up
Was a great set of comments
The singletons get the message
I thought the Planned Parenthood thing would get people going
Finding out what you have in common where you think you wouldn't
We do have a lot in common
Sure they might be busy Sunday morning
Yeah, all house-wifery
The excitement level is raising
We are off to California in two days
Betsy doesn't recall the truth
You and your brontosaurus brain got us in to this
The problems with your story
They said, "yes"
Not my fault I can't read woman
No means yes and yes means no
Power of attorney to admit the kids to the hospital?
You say my family is crazy!
Your family goes off the deep end
They get stressed and you would think the world is ending
Now she's upset because she bought me some clothes too
Zeus jumps up on bed
Mom sighs, "he's a big pain in the ass"
I'm more worried about him than the kids
I pick up on these things because I am a woman
So do you want me to board him? No
I board the dog and come back, I boarded the dog, thank you!
We don't like him because he chews up everything
They would be good to go if he didn't eat their faces
I had dogs when I was a kid, suck it up
Your kid is a puffy cuff like you
You need so much chaos in your life baby
We do not need need another beastie running around this house
You are the only person that he doesn't pee on
Betsy will clean the house but leave the cow bones laying everywhere
The reality is that the dog eats anything that he can
The rule of fish . . . if it fits in its mouth it eats it
I think that is true
So it's like your mother
I'm late on the laugh . . . my lungs are messing with me
I got a fix Mr B
I have a pill upstairs calls "placebo"
Baby you better go and get it
New spam coming in for Viagra Pro
Seriously do we need Viagra Pro?
Speaking of Viagra, Mr B
So at my improv class I said, "Don't forget to take your Viagra"
Got a big laugh
Teacher asks me where that came from
Absolutely joking and deadpan, "I have been married 10 years"
Dead silence . . . I said it was a joke but not loud enough
Now when I meet these people I am going to be Mr. Limpy
Yeah, Mr Limpy Betsy's bitch
Jeanie came up to visit
I took her to lunch and to the resale shops
Which one?
People don't kill people
Nice
Then we went to a real clothing store
Seriously, good idea to take Jeanie with you
I don't want to look schlubbtastic
Jeanie has a hard time telling me what she thinks
I told her not to hold back
What about Conde Nast Portfolio?
You look at the pictures
I just choose from the mannequins
Sure enough this store doesn't have any
Jeanie gets real comfortable with her criticism
It looks like 3 kids are going to pop out and say "boo"
We got a lot going on
I been bringing
My laugh is gone
Everything that I have said lately is hilarious
I know that going out in public with you brings the funny

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Tags: Halloween schlubbtastic Jeanie Bowen Conde Nast Portfolio Viagra Pro

I uploaded a zillion (285) pics this week

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:03:14 -0500

Earlier this week I added a ton of photos to our flickr account.

Sets include:

Acquiring Slowsky
Trading the Scion xB
Riverwalk Halloween 2006
Navy Pier Easter 2007
Wii Tournament
holiday set for betsy

Our flickr page, Our flickr feed

Tags: croncast flickr croncast photos betsy smith kris smith

Betsy and her husband Kris Nov 07, 2006

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:52:49 -0600

Croncast - 2006-11-07.mp3

Show: #297
Length: 29:20
Size: 20.1mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris November 07, 2006

Betsy cranking on sugar
She's been eating Elliot's Halloween candy
Way too much of it
She's after a glass of wine to bring her down
Booba tried to do the Weight Watchers tonight . . .
After watching Oprah Betsy says it is time to lose weight
I like to eat and exercise little
Big November for us
Two years of Croncast coming tomorrow
300 Croncasts coming on Friday
Sunday November 12 . . . Kris' 32 birthday
Betsy is going to her first non-virtual auction
Where is the sale?
Someone standing on a chicken coop yelling who'll give me a dollar?
Streets are lined with resale gold for Betsy
Betsy says sign me up
The Finding Nemo lot of gently used plush toys . . . to be shipped to Connecticut
Betsy should be selling it from a chick coop in our front yard
The iPods for the 300th new listener, handle and iPod Shuffle have arrived for shipping to Canada
Betsy breaks down the Canadian postal system
Address labels must be written in all caps
Betsy rages on Italian eBay buyers
Kris tells the dog bite story . . . one of the better stories that Kris tells
It starts with the bad ass kids
Any kid that drink half a bottle of Drano and live is a bad mother fucker
Betsy says that I can tell a story now
I get bit and it goes on from there, you really have to listen to understand

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!

Tags: Finding Nemo used plush Weight Watchers drink Drano Canadian postal system iPod Shuffle ship

Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 30, 2006

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:08:43 -0600

Croncast - 2006-10-30.mp3

Show: #291
Length: 39:32
Size: 27.1 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris October 30, 2006

Think about this . . . it is your right to leave us a comment
Regular Spam vs. regular email vs. the Russian insane spam
How do you run a filter on Russian spam?
Betsy says to find a translator to fix it
Do you read them right to left, left to right
Friday was big doin's all around
WE HIT THE 300 NEW LISTENER MARK!!
New listener winner: Adam Martin
Handle winner: Melanie Sullivan
Congratulations guys!
We're still giving away 2 more video iPods on the 300th show check out the contest stuff
The initial 300th winner wasn't the real 300th
Melanie and her husband had a plan and pulled it out
Someone asked how many of these people are sticking around?
The number is 219 for return RSS users . . . so over 2/3'rds are hanging out
So other big Friday news . . . it was my last day my job
Start a new gig today while you're reading this
Big Friday doin's continued
Never mentioned much about the old job won't mention much about this one
Betsy is all happy about it
Betsy decides that she never wants to work again
She's become complaisant and even more hard headed
Basically she is going to retire at 30
Overwhelmed by her daily life and that is enough for ever
Kris when you turned 31 did that happen to you?
The floor cleaning guy story . . . I might have told this before
Shopping with Kris
Daddy really wanted the best for you but momma wanted you to match her QVC
Kris has a negative aura
They just walked away from the register
People look at me at get pissed
I'm so sick of hearing how mean the world is to Kris
Lifters in groups and Betsy's got her eye on them
When I did retail up the employees ran elaborate scams
Was it the party or was it the people
Halloween party for adults . . . we were gonna be Dog the Bounty Hunter and wife
No bare chested Kris this year
Betsy loves to dress herself funny
Trying to make a ham slice last 3 days

Tags: QVC Dog the Bounty Hunter ham slice Melanie Sullivan Adam Martin

Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 27, 2006

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:26:08 -0500

Croncast - 2006-10-27.mp3

Show: #290
Length: 49:12
Size: 33.8 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris October 27, 2006

Kris points out the Croncast blog
When I made the site it was judging what's most important
The news section is for stuff like Betsy stubbed her toe
We will present for the first time ever a podcast fashion
Betsy models her QVC stuff that arrived a couple days ago
The Quality Value Convenience Fashion show Fall 2006
We have a topic . . . holy shit this is like a real show
Fashion show begins:

One night me and a box of wine ordered a bunch of stuff off there!

Stretch Cordury Animal Print - A snake humped a dairy cow - Flattering or Fattering?

The official pant suit of Wisconsin

What if you wanted to wear it open for another look?

Suitable for dating Dick Cheney orange.

End Fashion Show

Betsy talks about being a victim of car prejudice
Betsy goes dumpster diving in her QVC and her new car
She is a professional dumpster diver for 5 years
When the police roll by
All the looks . . ."she must be moving"
The Volvo just saved me
If I had been driving Slowsky, I would have been in the pokey with the kids
Teaching our children to break the law
Betsy's haunt is behind Old Navy
More moments of the day with Betsy
Getting out of tickets
Tubby the Love Bucket from Goodwill makes a return appearance
Halloween at Goodwill is the big season
Last year's Target outfits
Taking the dog to get fixed
The veterinarian sales pitch to upgrade all the doggy treatments
Social work joint for career day in high school . . . Kris
I don't know if I could work the rest of my life
Making the choice
Kris doesn't drink and sometimes that can be strange
The "You don't drink" look
Kris goes all out until he burns out, my aptitude for addiction
Warning: NOT KID SAFE AT ALL!
What follows is 23 minutes of phone call follow up good luck dear listener

Tags: QVC Volvo V70 Tubby the Love Bucket aptitude for addiction Halloween

Betsy and her husband Kris Jul 03, 2006

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:20:54 -0500

Croncast - 2006-07-03.mp3

Show: #244
Length: 44:36
Size: 30.6 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris July 03, 2006

I blew it on this show . . . our guest Carla has super low volume. Why? Well, the head technician sort of didn't check her mic and it was turned around. You can still hear her but quietly.

Besty continues to mock me through the intro
Betsy intros her special friend Carla
The conversion van story to come
And the true story of the home made BMX trailer
The halloween that Betsy and Carla played cruise ship ladies
Talking the Uplander way
Bedazzled sweat suits
BCBG will be carrying them soon
Sunday night is HBO night
We break down the reason why we turned it down
Carla's just catching up
The Slowsky update
Carla can't believe that Betsy bought her
Betsy wants to wrap her arms around it's big grill
Then Kris makes a Nell Carter references
Broken piece of wood that Jared said would not need to be replaced . . . needs to replaced
Slowsky will look like roller rink inside
Betsy wants to tear out the carpet in the van and pergo it
Carla refuses to ride in Slowsky now
The conversion van story begins with BMX references
My brother raced his big wheel
Building the DIY trailer from shelving units and plywood
BMX boys stenciled on the side of it
It is now full of feral cats
Uber skanks of today bow down . . . Kris was there before you
Finding porn in the van at 12 and figuring that I couldn't get out of the van with it
Sears sold conversion van parts back in 1986
Purple plush valure seats with purple carpet
The sweet ass candy apple paint job with a tan racing stripe
Googling the BMX stats from the 1980's
Chop from King of Cars . . . Betsy thinks he's hot
Betsy really thinks he's hot. I got competition
She really doesn't want the moldy rose
Betsy makes a correction from a previous story at request of story subject
What not to wear couples
Betsy needs to be on the show
The amount of money that Betsy spends at Goodwill and stuff she could shop at Von Maur
Kris is a therapist

Tags: conversion van Carla BMX King of Cars feral cats

Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 142

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:01:06 -0600

Croncast - 2005-10-31.mp3

Show: #183
Length: 30:28
Size: 20.9 mb
Format: mp3

Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 142

Show Notes

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Happy Halloween!
Watch this
Dinner at a friends house Kris is getting to know them
We got home just in time for incest scene in Rome on HBO
Edit points for resale to TBS
20 yeard old waiters as hobble horses
duh duh duhn - Tonight in Goodwill
She lives on Michael Jackson's street
Looking up eBay buyers on satellite maps
White people looking at the ocean sitting on their veranda costal way
Kris is impressed with Betsy's nerdom, she's hacking hubble
The Cub Scout tribe sale
The den mommies choose to use tickets instead of cash
Parents couldn't do the math
Taking advantage of the den parents
Betsy filled the mini van
Tip: Don't help the garage sale owner count against you.
They need the money to rub sticks together in the woods
It was like a half price sale at a garage sale
Buy it and sell it right away
Kris will be sent to FedEx
Standing with jockey man
Let's talk about that
The first car we've owned that has been produced in the same decade
Betsy's boxing skills
Betsy gives more tips for how to navigate the post office
She lets Kris know that he is retarded because he can't fill out form
Approached by the ultimate pyramid scam - all the sellers except the sex people left out
Betsy is going to go and promote eBay and tell them start with no investment
Selling off Elliot's stuff
Crushing the man, however he usually doesn't notice because something else shiny will get his attention
The drum of Legos
Surrounded by bright color plastic
Kris needs to learn to ask questions
Betsy says Kris is a self centered jerk
She is my own personal doctor Phil
Elliot get's a psychic reading
Put grandma's Toshiba down
The psychic didn't get a good a reading because I didn't ask questions hmmmm
Every question you can think of is a leading question
Todd's Halloween party was cool
We care about Elliot's future, hence the reading
Sylvia Brown psychic lady for $1000 a seat or $70 a question
I'm in the wrong line of work
Betsy says mediums exist, not just in the plethora that do business
"I knew he was here"
The pledge drive continues
We understand people being upset
3 ten minute shows a week

Tags: betsy kris sale people psychic

Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 104

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:40:23 -0500

Croncast - 2005-08-03.mp3

Show: #145
Length: 33:54
Format: mp3
Bit rate: 64 kbs
Size: 15.6mb

Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 104

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Kris deserves a scratch and sniff sticker book
Real men change their own oil
Another Expo closeout adventure
Sweet Goodwill American Girl find
Life is sweet when your broke
at least theres no nanny to sleep with
Maggie learns to Kris
Kris begs for cash
Speculation on theHooters operations manual
Hooters Recruiter
Kris wants Obama to be president
Kris rattles on about Bush
Halloween costume interventions

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