Random Thoughts

In this episode Kristi discusses the upcoming school year and mentally preparing for having two teenage boys in High School. Raul asks Kristi to Google "Florida pastor Starbucks" and things get out of control from there. Support the show

In this episode we discuss our 4th of July weekends, play some Family Feud and slide right into some friend feud. It's all fun and games until politics enter the conversation. Support the show

Kristi is once again back from her second vacation in June and she talks about hanging out at her lakeside cabin in Michigan. We talk about her tour of Lambeau Field in Green Bay and how expensive family vacations have become. Support the show

In this episode Kristi talks about her recent hot, sweaty and sandy beach vacation. Raul brings up the Kim Kardashian fiasco with the famous Marilyn Monroe birthday song dress, which sends Kristi on a mission to locate Monica's famous blue stained dress. Support the show

In this episode Kristi discusses her upcoming vacation trips, and other trips (wink, wink) while Raul talks about his experience in Kansas City. We both give our opinions on the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard court saga that has finally come to an end. Support the show

In this episode Raul and Kristi discuss the bodies that have recently turned up at the bottom of Lake Mead outside of Las Vegas. Raul talks about the stress dreams that he has had about high School and work while Kristi says she doesn't sleep long enough to have dreams. Support the show

In this episode we will take you on a rollercoaster ride in which Raul describes his experience competing for the first time at the local salsa competition "Salsa on the Square" in Scottsboro, Alabama, where to his surprise takes the prize for Best Salsa. Kristi experiences a series of unfortunate events which include a car accident, broken hand, snake and a broken clothes dryer all in a matter of days. Support the show

In this episode we discuss the results of the Superhero 5K where Kristi medaled in her age group while Raul falls one place short of a medal. Kristi talks about the upcoming National Cornbread Festival sponsored by Lodge and Raul remembers driving by Lodge when he got lost and ended up in Chatanooga. Support the show

In this episode Kristi is irritated by Raul’s mansplaining when he attempts to describe what a trucker hat looks like. Raul talks about his recent trail ride with Lucille and Kristi’s inner safety lady cannot be tamed. We discuss our lack of running strategy for tomorrow’s Superhero 5K running event and discuss our thoughts on upcoming movies. Support the show

In this episode Kristi becomes the shiny new toy at the local gym, while Raul has a slapping good time and is ready to spice things up at the upcoming Salsa on the Square event. Support the show

In this episode we travel down memory lane and talk about the days of renting movies at the video store. Kristi’s first rental movie was “Dirty Dancing” while Raul’s was “Porky’s”. Kristi explains how she ended up with a broken toe and cringes at Raul’s terrible insensitive jokes. Support the show

In this episode we discuss Kristi’s long week and the three jobs she has performed today as Safety Kristi, Professor Kristi, and Podcast Host Kristi, which are the reasons she is Kranky Kristi. Kristi talks about her field trip with her students to one of the companies she used to work for a few years ago. Raul talks about his recent trip to his hometown of Yuma, Arizona and how he came back feeling under the weather which Kristi swears he brought back Covid. We talk about the upcoming Cornbread Festival that is hosted by Kristi’s workplace Lodge Cast iron. Raul talks about his favorite method for cooking steak on a cast iron. We both discuss the upcoming 5k races and how we are not prepared for them. Kristi uses the Random Question Generator and we answer several questions including the seven words that would describe ourselves. Support the show

In this episode we discuss our lack of training for our upcoming SuperHero 5k run. Raul talks about his trip back home to Yuma to fix some equipment at the Marine Corps Air Station. Kristi talks about all the window shopping she would have done at the Marine base. Kristi talks about the car problems she had with her new car. She explains the ordeal she went through with “Joe” the service manager for eight days to have the battery changed. Kristi discusses her ordeal playing musical cars and trying to get her car back from the service department. We discuss our experiences working the restaurant business. Kristi gives a play by play on a tipsy fellow. Support the show

In this episode we discuss our new audio setup and record our first full video podcast episode. Raul talks about his beloved and departed Min Pin Peter Parker “The Barker”. Kristi gives us her version of the current Ukraine crisis using the analogy of the girlfriend trying to break up with her toxic boyfriend who won’t let her go so she can better herself. Raul gives a historical background of the past events that have led to the current situation in which Putin is trying to rebuild the Soviet Union of the seventies and eighties. Kristi talks about Britney Spear’s 15 million dollar book deal and she is excited to find out about all the dirty laundry. Kristi tells the story about the one beer that got her arrested during her college years. Support the show

In this episode we talk about Super Bowl 2022 and our thoughts about the game and halftime show. We both agree that the show was awesome and how it took us down memory lane back to our youthful days. Kristi asks Raul about his Birthday celebration and gives him a hard time about his AARP membership. Raul explains the cause of the current avocados from Mexico shortage and price increases. We talk about the new Netflix special The Tinder Swindler which is based on true events about Simon Leviev who swindled women out of 10 million dollars. We discuss the upcoming HTPG Superhero 5K race that will benefit The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County. Raul talks about his current car problems and his sticker shock after getting the quote for the repairs. Support the show

In this episode Kristi surprises Raul with a gift bag full of goodies for his 50th Birthday. Raul talks about his lack of excitement for hitting the big 50 and Kristi talks about how she felt the same way about her 40th birthday. We discuss the upcoming Super Bowl LVI where the Cincinnati Bengals, Kristi’s team, will take on the Los Angeles Rams. Kristi talks with excitement about the halftime show featuring Dr, Dre, Snoop Dog, Eminem and Mary J. Blige among others that were famous artists in our times. Raul discusses his new group “Jeep4LilPeeps” that will be an avenue for giving back to the communities. The main goal of the group will be to enrich the life of children through fundraising, donations, and sponsoring events. We both give our differing opinions on Valentines Day about who and why it should be celebrated, and it appears Raul is out of touch. We play our version of Family Feud where Raul answers 5 questions and tries to score 100 points. Support the show

In this episode we go mobile and record our first podcast in Raul’s infamous Jeep Wrangler “Lucille” at Jackson County Park in Scottsboro, Alabama. We catch up on our Christmas and New Year holidays since we have not met for over a month. We both give our opinions on the Season 4 finale of Yellowstone and agree that the last episode was not as good as we expected. We also discuss the last Spider-Man movie “No Way Home”. Kristi tells us about her new side hustle as Adjunct Professor at Chatanooga State Community College. We play our version of Family Feud where Kristi answers 5 questions and tries to score 100 points. Raul discusses some of the shows he has been watching and books he has read over the past month. Raul also struggles to keep Kristi on topic since she becomes distracted by cars passing by. Support the show

In this episode we say farewell to The Reverie Playhouse which has been our makeshift recording studio since we started our podcast. This will be our final episode for 2021 and we will begin our hunt for a new place to record. Kristi talks about her upcoming interview at UTC for teaching part time and how excited she is about teaching. Raul asks Kristi to share some of the Christmas Elf riddles that are given as clues for finding presents on Christmas Eve. We discuss the new series “The Wheel of Time” and our opinions on why the books are always better than the movies based on those books. Kristi talks about the movie “Unforgivable” with Sandra Bullock which reminds Raul of the podcast “Smartless” that had Sandra Bullock as a guest. Raul talks about the Movie “Mixtape” which brings back Kristi’s memory of a mixtape that her 8th grade boyfriend gave her the day he broke up with her. We play a game of Christmas Gargles, where Raul gargles a Christmas tune and Kristi tries to guess the name of the song. Support the show

In this episode we discuss the upcoming Christmas Holiday and the stress that we put on ourselves shopping for gifts. Kristi talks about her Christmas celebration growing up as a kid and being visited by the Christmas Elf on Christmas Eve. Raul discusses the Christmas celebrations he grew up with as a Mexican boy and how it differs from the American tradition that centers around Santa Claus. We both talk about our favorite Christmas songs growing up and eventually end up discussing how profanity has become the norm in today’s music. Raul and Kristi play a game of “That’s What She Said” where Kristi has to guess the female performer that said a movie line or sang the lyric. Support the show

In this episode we discuss our Thanksgiving Holiday and how we spent it with family. Raul talks about his neck being carved by the Doc days before the Holiday. The discussion goes off the rails and somehow we end up tryin to sing old folk songs. We discuss the SEC’s biggest rivalry game the Iron Bowl that pits Alabama against Auburn. Raul manages to irritate Kristi, a diehard Alabama fan, when he says that Alabama fans are disloyal (bring it haters). We discuss our latest Netflix binges and Raul talks about Tiger King 2 and True Story with Kevin Hart. Raul tests Kristi’s knowledge of Acronyms and we discuss some Did You Know fun facts. Kristi gets fired up about Yoga pants and Leggings and the do’s and don’ts when pairing them with tops. Support the show