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Betsy and her husband Kris Dec 12, 2007

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:27:04 -0600

Croncast - 2007-12-12.mp3
Show: #444
Length: 25:31
Size: 17.5mb
Format: mp3

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My stalker is back
Kris, put the shoe on the other foot
He thinks you are stalking him
I keep my eye on everyone
You are so cute when you laugh
You have the bobble body Mr B
Put it out there to the Secret
You have got to stop this Secret crap
I want to do a training series for HR professionals
How to hire a guy like me and How to hire a gal like me
Gal would be done by Nicole Simon
I need that gum scraper here at home
I have to pay the kids to clean
Elliot gets Webkinz
Listen, it is my trained earwigs
They mulch aluminum cans for me
The cafe press store, so far I have license plate frames
Here it is, shirts on the way
My dad told me white collar prison isn't so bad
Conjugal visits through the fence
We need to have a jail baby
So you can have something to look forward to
Do you mean motivation?
I never met my daddy
He and mama hug real close through the fence
You talked be out of babies
The home vasectomy reversal kit waiting for me at home
Sure, loaded with knitting needles and cat gut
More dog clothing breakdown
I actually heard from your mom that
"The veins are so close in her feet the blood would freeze her heart"
Goodwill has been picking up
My new passion is China
I just got bit by something
My trained earwigs are doing my bidding

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Betsy and her husband Kris Sep 19, 2007

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:16:25 -0500

Croncast - 2007-09-19.mp3
Show: #412
Length: 32:23
Size: 22.1mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris Sep 19, 2007

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STICKERS! They'll be here on Tuesday
Here's what it will look like . . . inside the red area with rounded corners
To get your sticker send $2.00 support from the site or get 3 stickers for $5.00

No show notes again today . . . still on West Coast time and getting on the road.

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And you're a giant nerd.

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:51:23 -0500

Scott appears to be correct.

He sent me an email yesterday to say that he and Pete had a conversation about something. Which evidently happens on occasion. From the email and attached screen shot I deduced that the discussion was about Google indexing RSS feeds and linking directly to them and how that sucks. 'Cause it does.

Don't get me wrong I love Google for indexing feeds. Seriously, it rocks. They are leading in this area.

Let me show you what's going on:

1. Scott searches at Google for an awesome party in Chicago called "The Deaf Chicago Party" (remind me to ask him about this) and the first result is Croncast.

The first thing to pay attention to in this image to pay attention to is the green URL - http://www.croncast.com/keyrss/Chicago party.rss. Yep, it's a RSS feed and not a web page. To which I say, "right on." However, 99.9 times out of 100 when when someone clicks through and RSS link in Google they get a face full of XML or an ugly feed. Click the link above to see.

2. Scott clicked on my link to the RSS from Google and and something magical happened. See the screen shot that he sent me:

He ended up at my site not looking at a bunch of XML or having his browser ask him if he wants to subscribe to my feed. He was taken directly to a page within my site that has relevant posts from our podcast and blog for the topic he was looking for . . . maybe, probably not really since I don't know what 'The Deaf Chicago Party' is. And, apparently, Google doesn't either. Let's just call it serendipity.

The summary to my detective work can be boiled down to what I figured out a few months ago:

1. Google loves RSS feeds filled with new stuff
2. I love RSS feeds filled with my new and old stuff
3. People like information on topics of interest
4. I created RSS feeds by post tag but also allow them to be created by readers/listeners dynamically (see #3)
5. I did some quick SEO on these feeds to make their titles and descriptions relevant to topic
6. Finally, I coded the feeds to check if user was coming from Google or other search engines
7. Google sends bot and indexes said feeds
8. Someone searches at Google for a topic like "tijuana vasectomy" - just got a hit for it yesterday
9. That someone clicks the link and ends up at site with the exact same items in it that were in the RSS feed without all the feed related hassle

It's not a perfect system but one that I think is way more acceptable to a user than clicking a link in a search engine and getting put into a feed. In many cases being dumped into a feed isn't going to get you to the content you wanted anyway because it has been pushed out by newer items. When I put someone into my site from a feed result in a search engine they then have the ability to find their topic right there. If not, they an internal site search that will find what they are after. The coolest part to me about it is that once they have made it to the site I then offer them the feed for their topic, just in case this is truly what they were after.

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Betsy and her husband Kris Apr 04, 2007

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:35:27 -0500

Croncast - 2007-04-04.mp3
Show: #345
Length: 36:47
Size: 25.2mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris April 4, 2007

I did something a bit different with this show . . . and it is more of an experiment to get some feedback. I'll stop here so that I don't give away too much or sway opinions. Let us know what you think.

Croncast, my baby
It's like my toast master's
You gotta stick your moobs in the air
The weight I am losing is making me dizzy
When I turn things swing
You got a loose bag of goodies
I need a mra
Yeah, you came up with the term "manitute"
You need to continue that
The pregnancy gear for overweight men
Full body corset thing . . . Flexees
Girlfriends wouldn't search for the Flexees, wives would
You bought the farm baby
It's a good thing that I am switching gears Mr. B
Are more people getting interested in selling on eBay?
Yeah, things are changing
I'm like the Aurora casino just throwing my money in and getting nothing back
Betsy's big thought . . .
She was waiting in line at the twins and triplets sale
Tethering the laundry baskets and dragging them across the floor
This year there was a sign . . . no dragging
Betsy gets the full introduction to some of the planners
Descriptions will be less Betsy-ish
Ok, yes, Ok,yes
Like I am a museum display
She comes up with the list and checks Vicky in
Gets to Betsy, tells her her name . . . Oh, I know who you are. You have a blog.
Betsy admits that she says some nasty stuff
Betsy's stomach sank
Bears just stop talking right now
She says, "It was funny when you said we had 'weak pelvic floors'." I find nothing at the sale
Betsy checks the post when she gets home . . . she laid out an entire post of how and I why she sells on eBay
They picked her post apart and realized that they should be doing it too and not donating there stuff for her to sell
What is the plan?
For those of you eating put down your food
It's got nothing to do with you
Is it about sex?
It has everything to do with me
If you are married and have the option . . . get the vasectomy
Vasectomy does equal an increased sex drive
No worries about birth control
Like the vaginal plug
You went to Catholic school right?
I give, I give
Betsy really digs the type A personality
I can tell who was here I can tell from the face on the skin like a snake
We're slowly getting in to show mode
Congratulations to Dave and Melissa!
Bill from hhradio.net . . . listened to every show
We've used a lot of color on our palette
Oh, the Volvo
Kris talks with Thom Volvo
Zero percent satisfaction and we will never buy another Volvo again
The defective V70 will be our defective V70
We're not asking for a refund or a brand new car, we understand depreciation
And no I won't sell my car back to you for a wholesale price
They won't help us out but they will honor our warranty because we don't want another Volvo, "because you don't want another Volvo there is nothing that we can do for you beyond honor the warranty because this is not mutually beneficial to us."
Betsy gives us Thom's perspective
I would get more customer care and satisfaction if I bought a $1.39 box of cereal instead of a luxury car
The dealership tells us this happens 1-2 times a year
We had more recourse through eBay with Slowsky than now!
Kris tells Volvo how to fix it for the next people . . . Talk us back into a Volvo about how safe and well put together they are
Auto auction price for my car is not fair value . . . I am not a wholesaler
Make me want to come in and get another Volvo
Sorry dude that sucks, we're sorry, but we're not going to help you
I am done talking about the Volvo
It's over
Let's get down with the positive . . .
Elliot did his yearly EEG
It came back with no abnormal activity!
He's now going off his medication
So we are monitoring him for seizures and so far so good
His behavior has gotten so much better

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Betsy and her husband Kris Jan 12, 2007

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:54:34 -0600

Croncast - 2007-01-12.mp3

Show: #326
Length: 34:30
Size: 23.7mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris January 12, 2007

Today's show is brought to you by Ben Witt.
Also brought to you Black Box wine . . . just cause Betsy finds so delicious
Melissa is back with us again for a special show
She is going to sign up to be the Brockway Girl (I would link this up but the links are broken to their own promotion)
Melissa works at the group home that we collected and you donated dough to
She came on to thank everyone and get Betsy's hook up help
"Geek husbands are the best," Betsy
I'm not like them. Do you want to come over and play Wii with me?
I smiled and nodded but I really wasn't interested in it
You want me to what?
If you enjoy single life you will enjoy being married to a geek
Their direct deposit goes into your account
Nerds are loyal and won't disappear with your neighbor
Give'em lots of cereal
Mc Donald's gift card and no allowance
Getting your nerd 'sun like' light from special bulbs
Can we throw your photo on the site?
Hotter to every nerd . . . pic in front of mic
Not that I have been home thinking about it
Betsy has a master plan for Melissa
A beer girl to?
In Germany Kris could apply to be a beer girl and win
She should win because her last name is Brockway

"I don't know why you don't have a harem," Betsy
Melissa doesn't understand search engine results
She reads some of our search engine hits for the last 4 days

Girls gone wild, spice channel, nipples, girls gone wild on airplane, Hot pic french maid, full body corset, animal husband, Dr. Oz gain an inch,Goodwill store commercials, drink drano, canker, RSS girls gone wild, cuffs, sexy fifties, issues with john elway dodge, betsy porn, "vasectomy didn't work"

So that is how the world finds us
Getting a vasectomy in Tijuana
I don't where a t-shirt that says I have hang-ups
Even if he sees his friends from online he wouldn't know who they are
Look at Kris, that is the geek defense
You'll understand someday
I came on the show to thank everybody for everything that they gave to us
We had the best Christmas at the Lisle group home
The best one that we have had with them ever
Thank you to your listeners!
Today is Kris's last khaki pant day, it is over
Kris, you have to shower everyday . . . you'll get stars on your page
Wii tournament January 27th

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Betsy and her husband Kris Aug 07, 2006

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 06:54:02 -0500

Croncast - 2006-08-07.mp3

Show: #259
Length: 37:08
Size: 25.5 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris August 07, 2006

After Friday we got like 0 email
The other sdie of Kris
Betsy is my anti-depressant
Sooooo much going on that we can't talk about . . . we apologize
Starting your own business has drama with it
Betsy says now I am ready for her confession
Something to do with Carl
Your pregnant and my vasectomy didn't work
No Kris I wouldn't break that on the show
Kris' voice is tight I know you can hear it
It made our dinner guests stressed too
"Is it is us? What did we do?"
It was supposed to be used for our anniversary
What am I getting? I t hought I already got it
Betsy says, oooooh a back-up server
Come on get on the Betsy train
Get on board to find out where it is going
Shit is bad when it starts out with "You know I love you"
Is there any respect left in the world, does anyone . . . karma has taken a dump on my face
Two ends of the spectrum
People let me know
So it is a dog
Betsy has been doing research
Kris's answer is know
Kris lists what is going on just with house and to-do list
I thought I had a good life until now
Betsy Buying an uncooked ham at Bobak's
The interpreter
Betsy stuffed animal blocked at Goodwill
Your friends need to be on your Goodwill playbook
The couple

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Betsy brought the bugs in Goodwill stuff

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:30:19 -0500

Croncast - 2006-06-23.mp3

Show: #240
Length: 32:29
Size: 22.3 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris June 23, 2006

The contest ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. PST

Kris has the phone numbers of thousands of babes
Yeah right I am worried
Can I smell like mildew?
Betsy brought the bugs in her garage sale stuff
Back before Maggie was born
Now with a child handicap it makes it harder to garage sale
Betsy is down 44 sales a day
Her stuff is still fabulous in the basement
Bugs, and spiders and Nasty Goodwill things
Gigi always needs to go t o sleep
End of the contest nears, you've got nothing to lose
Odds are really good to win
All these stories are awsome
Kris is speaking at the Portable Media Expo
It is a brief 33 minutes from Disney Land
Betsy realizes that she can't go
She doesn't want to be disappointed
Kris is gone he has to find people to talk with about podcasting
Three people in the same room? Kris wants out
Betsy says most people go to a conference and don't attend
I am paying my way, why wouldn't I attend?
"Don't worry it is a right off!" . . . yeah right! I still have to work to make the money
Kris explains his perfect woman from a 4th grade memory
I had the goatee even in 4th grade
"My dream woman will shop at Goodwill and take every chance to emasculate me"
A nice place out Applebee's?
It's like Long John Silvers with a waitress
It's Betsy's fault for getting pregnant
Here comes the vasectomy follow up
Betsy's party line for being "gutted like a fish"
Ladies you may want to leave the room, Guys time to cozy up to the truth of the vasectomy
Get prepared
"I'm not going to let a stranger feel my balls today."
It's been 5 weeks and I am now on my 5th medication for another vasectomy related issue
Remind your wife of the sacrifice that you have made for her
Every man knows kids secretly have testicular radar
I get hit in the balls six times a day
Every daddy gets hit non-stop
You're telling men to change their underwear? They're adults it's common sense
Birth testing things
Betsy has had her fill of vasectomy stories
Betsy explains how I ended up being called Mr. B.

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Betsy and her husband Kris May 24, 2006

Wed, 24 May 2006 06:40:47 -0500

Croncast - 2006-05-24.mp3

Show: #230
Length: 36:30
Size: 25.0mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris May 24, 2006

Short notes today.

Betsy's intro throws of passion
I was a happy camper
Is that a vintage hippie flap
Elliot finds Goodwill to be just like home
Developing relationships
Kris should quit whining about vasectomy
Why don't I just buy a car? Why don't you?
How about this one (see the eBay auction)
Betsy shall call it Slowsky . . . yes, like the commercial

Kris's smelly car
Betsy reads Bill Leffler's smelly car story, not much can top it

Kris will be speaking at the Portable Media Expo in September!
My session is: Leveraging Your Knowledge as a Successful Podcasting Consultant If you want to a meet and greet there let us know - it's in Ontario, CA east of LA

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No show today, worst weekend ever

Mon, 22 May 2006 08:49:17 -0500

there will be no show today. this was the worst weekend of my adult life and got worse last night. i'm sure it ranks high for betsy too. i would have thought the vasectomy would have been worst, wrong.

starting thursday night maggie got sick, friday elliot, saturday morningish like 3 a.m. betsy got into act vomiting and many trips to bathroom for expungenation of all that is evil.

i thought i hade made it out of the jungle and at 5 p.m. last night it fell on my like nell carter slipping on a banana peel. no vomitng for me but the bathroom knows me well and i am etremely nauseous.

look for us wednesday.

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Betsy and her husband Kris May 19, 2006

Fri, 19 May 2006 07:54:02 -0500

Croncast - 2006-05-19.mp3

Show: #229
Length: 33:16
Size: 22.8 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris May 19, 2006

So iambic pentametered you could set your watch to it?
Betsy laughs and bops head at the intro
Throwing kiddy treats that look like dog treats
Betsy has had it with everbody "we can kiss her ass"
She is going to buy a van with curtains
Momma will get a new air freshener tomorrow
In four months I'll just buy a new $3000 van
Feeding you kid salteens in the car
Ruining our autos one garage sale at a time
"I don't care"
I do it all for you but youi won't let me throw hamburger?
My Scion xB smells like a dead dog
Betsy is going to fill it a bottle of Charlie to kill smell
Still fixed
"When you are getting tested, nobody wants what you got"
Betsy worked it today
People can't hang with Betsy, not children, husband nor friends
Betsy's got that garage sale tacet knowledge
The stuffed spooky snow man that is worth loot

Crazy plate collecting ladies love them
The "I don't speak english" garage sale tactic
Betsy doesn't need her sister kicking it with her while she pregnant, can't hang
She wants to hang with me she needs a scooter
Much more conversion van speak
Kris will be speaking at the Portable Media Expo in September!
My session is: Leveraging Your Knowledge as a Successful Podcasting Consultant If you want to a meet and greet there let us know - it's in Ontario, CA east of LA

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Betsy and her husband Kris May 17, 2006

Wed, 17 May 2006 05:25:52 -0500

Croncast - 2006-05-17.mp3

Show: #228
Length: 31:42
Size: 21.7 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris May 17, 2006

I'm recovering
I have children that need to be distracted with sharp, dangerous objects
Betsy parents like Britney Spears
Letting strangers raise you child
Squadron of papparazi following you
Betsy is my squadron
Punishment arguements
Interceding with bareness
He cannot change his focus once he starts to focus
Hey buddy syndrome
The craziest lion analogy you have ever heard
No problem with the punishment
You just want to be his friend
You're mom is out of hand
Parenting differently than the other parent
Barb starts running around the house
Sleeping on the floor is weird
What battles you choose as a parent
Playing video games for better hand eye cordination for sports, Kyle?
Kris can't beleive that Betsy remembers that
Betsy says my PSP will end up on eBay

Cats suck.

I am giving Betsy a ticket to Florida . . . to be eaten by an Alligator
Flooding in the North East
The clip of the same guy on his roof waving
People are being eaten everyday in Florida
I blame the pimps
If I was a pimp
Kris's ladies would play PSP all day
Betsy channels her dad with a "big wide world"
Laughing hurts Kris's body
To all my homies, wear the jock
The beauty of the black jock strap
Henry forgot to mention that the Doc was a conservative
I was hoodwinked
Honduran plastic surgery next
I will agree with anyone who has needles and thread down there
Colony on guam with my seed, you bet
Sterilizing a liberal
Notching up for each one
Chicago politics
"They" inlcudes you now too
Seeing the light
Betsy needs to provide for herself
Kris breaks it down for Betsy
Betsy admits that Kris was right and couldn't believe that I called her on it
Our vacation is plans are on hold until later today
The Gigi evil face

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Betsy and her husband Kris May 15, 2006

Mon, 15 May 2006 08:47:19 -0500

Croncast - 2006-05-15.mp3

Show: #227
Length: 19:50
Size: 13.6 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris May 15, 2006

Hey guys, sorry for missing Friday. Kris' anticipatory anxiety got the best of him and he was whining all weekend about some pain! Whatever! he should try having a baby!!

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Post vasectomy may mean tomorrow

Fri, 12 May 2006 13:34:35 -0500

I think show might wait a day.

Things are good but getting out of bed at this point is pretty painful. What was I thinking?

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Croncast for today . . . post vasectomy

Fri, 12 May 2006 07:47:54 -0500

I think the title says it all. What kind of man would be nervous about this? Not me. Yeah right!!!!

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