1371 – Librarian Lilith and The Sears/Penny Theory | Get Besos in the Sky PI 13

Episode 1371 – Librarian Lilith and The Sears/Penny Theory | Get Besos in the Sky PI 13

 

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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for the podcaster who’s here to…oh boy, is…this is a nice episode. Or, I’m excited about making it because it just has a nice element…a small element I’m looking forward to inhabiting or a role I’m looking forward to playing within my main role, which is to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff or to help you out in the deep, dark night, to help you out whether you're having trouble falling asleep, you're waking up in the middle of the night, you're waking up early, or you just don’t like how it feels trying to fall asleep and you say, man, I need some…I don't if ‘relief’ is the right word, even. But I’m here to help if I can. If you're new, welcome. I’m really, really glad you're here, and I appreciate you checking the show out.

 

It does take a little bit of explaining what the show…how the show works 'cause it is a…I’m a strange guy with a strange podcast, and in the best way possible…if it’s a fit. So, I guess this is a bit like…it’s not like dating or…it’s more like…it’s somewhere in-between a job application and dating, and I’m the applicant, right? So, you…but you can be the passive…whatever, the gatekeeper to your sweet, sweet ears and your sweet, sweet bedtime. That’s the kind of roles. Like, it’s my job…but the way I…my job to win you over, but I win you over by being forgettable. So, I guess with that analogy…they say, anybody come in to…? I know you're working on that thing where it’s somewhere between dating and job applications. Anybody come in today? Yeah, somebody did. Oh yeah? Did they get it?

 

I guess they did, but I don't…I remember…I don't remember anything about them. I remember them coming in, I remember saying, yeah, this is…this looks like it’s gonna work. They had to come in three times, and then, yeah, I said, this is gonna work out great. But I don't remember why or even…I don't remember anything about them. I mean, I have a vague recollection. It’s not like it’s a blank. It’s like…if you have a vague recollection of this podcast, that’s what I’m applying for. I say, I’m gonna win you over by being vaguely recollected. He’s reached a state of vague recollection. Is he a collectible? No, he’s vaguely re-collectible, though. What does that mean? That’s like when you find old stickers at a yard sale and you say…oh, like a scratch-and-sniff…and they say, I wonder if these things still work.

 

How much for the scratch-and-sniff…? I guess if they're still in the wrapper, it probably costs more, right? Also, those are words…for some reason I have trouble saying scratch-and-sniff. I can say it alone, but as part of a sentence, I can't say it. I don't know. So, that’s interesting. I can only pronounce scratch-and-sniff as a part of a medicine. It’s not a actual…as part of dialogue or conversation. Oh, by the way, welcome to Sleep With Me. This is just the very beginning of the show. I’m glad you're here. What we got coming up is support so people can come and go, paying for the show is optional, 'cause some people just come and go and some people are new like you, and we don’t want to pressure anybody that’s new or just temporary listening. You just listen for free. The sponsors enable us to do that.

 

Then there’s a long, meandering intro after that meant to ease you into bedtime, and then later on will be our episodically modular story, Get Besos. So, I’m glad you're here. Thank you so much for checking this show out, and for the regular listeners, the people whose lives this podcast has changed, whether it’s changed in only over six months or twelve months or years, your support is what enables us to be here for you and all those other people that need the show. So, if you want to be a part of something like that where you say, man, this makes my life better; how can I help? And when I help, it helps a ton of other people, too, that sounds like I want to be a part of…if you get excited about that, you could…these are the ways you could be a part of that.

 

INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake.

 

That could be thoughts on your mind, thoughts about the past, the present, the future, you know, thoughts, things you're thinking about, feelings, anything coming up for you emotionally like feelings related to those thoughts or feelings that are just there, feelings left over, feelings of anticipation, feelings that are in motion or emoting, emoji…if you got a bed full of emojis, even if they're emoji pillows, that could…you say, I got too many emoji pillows, man. I say, well, that’s a unique use case for Sleep With Me, but I can picture it. I mean, how many…? Then someone may say, how many emoji pillows is too many? I’d say, well, that’s…I guess that’s…it sounds like it’s a individual decision. For some people, it may be one.

 

For other people, I guess…I’d say, how many…? This could also be for a nursery rhyme for…not a nursery rhyme, but one of those things you give to kids, like a poem-type, sing-song thing. ‘Cause you say, how many emojis can you fit in the bed? I say, I don't know, a hundred? I’m try…I’m picturing emoji pillows as the size of a sofa pillow, but I guess size-dependent; there you go. I mean, another thing…you say, well, yeah, if it was…it’d be tough to make quarter…I guess technically it wouldn't be a pillow if it was the size of a quarter, so you got me there. Would that be like a pillet? What do they call mini pillows, a pillet? A pilly? What does a pillow say on a roller coaster? Pilly…or, they’d say, pilly, because I can't…or they’d say, pillowee. I guess you'd say…what if you…?

 

That’s what you'd say if you put your head on a pillow on a…what if you got on a roller coaster and then right at the top of the roller coaster you realized there was a pillow and you put your head on it and you were surprised? You'd say, pillowee. So, that’s the kinda humor we have on the show. So, it could be feelings keeping you awake, it could be physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine, you could be going over…going over something, you could be going over spreadsheets tomorrow — that’ll keep me awake — going through something, in the middle of something, getting over something. Whatever it is, I’m here to help, and the way…or the…let me talk about why. Why would someone want to help or why would someone make a strange, meandering sleep podcast?

 

Those are legitimate questions, for real. It’s like, yeah, why would anyone make a sleep podcast, right, and why would they want to help me? Why would they do it for eleven plus years and really dedicate a lot of their life to it? It’s because I know what it’s like in the deep, dark night for me, and I know that I needed something different than what was the normal advice, the normal things people would tell you. I never felt heard or understood by most people, even people that cared about me. I feel like they just didn’t get how it felt for me…and those deep, dark night feelings in the deep, dark night, and I knew the only thing that worked for me was not related to sleep. It was related to distraction from not being able to sleep.

 

It was comedy radio that made me feel less alone and comforted and distracted, and that was when I was a kid in school and I could not sleep at all, and I couldn't stop thinking and all those things. I still know what that feels like for me back to when I was a kid, but also now as an adult when I struggle with sleep. I know if another person feels like that and I can help them in this unique way that I actually enjoy…even if I can only help you be seen and say, man, I know what that feels like; it is rough…if it’s anything like I felt, it’s rough for you, too, and I see you and I’m sending some caring towards you. But here’s the cool thing about podcasts and the internet; this is the bright side of the internet, the nice side, I guess the full-moon side. Whoa boy, full-moon side of the internet; don’t search that.

 

But it’s the full-moon side of the internet in the sense of a shining moon…no, don’t search that, either. But it’s the nice side of the internet because not…you might say, you know what, man? There’s no way you could understand what I’m going through. There’s no way you could relate to how I feel. You could be right. For a lot of people, I think some of the underlying things we can share or at least see each other on…but even if you're going through something that I totally have no comprehension of and no way to relate to it, the thing is there’s enough people listening right now in the world…not just where you are; in the world that someone is listening who can very strongly relate to you and what’s going on.

 

Even though we're disconnected because this is the internet and whatever, a podcast, that person right now as you're listening is rooting for you and kinda holding a nice place for you and saying, man, I hope this podcast can help you like it helped me, because I do know what that feels like. Then they also hope…they know that it feels good to send that caring out to other people, even though it doesn't…it’s not signed, sealed, and delivered like in the songs, right? It’s just out there, that it feels pretty good to send it out there, too, because the understanding is a two-way thing. Then they feel seen when they see other people. They say, man, I feel cared for and caring at the same time. That’s what the show’s really about, that and the fact that you deserve a bedtime where you could get the rest you need.

 

You deserve a bedtime you don’t have to dread. You deserve a bedtime without rigmarole. You deserve the sleep you need so your life is more manageable tomorrow, and if you get the sleep you need on a regular basis, that you could be out there flourishing. So, that’s what I’m here to try to do, and help out with that, because if you get the sleep you need on a regular basis, your world’s gonna be better. That means the entire world is a better place to be in, because your world’s better. The way it works is I send my voice across the deep, dark night. I use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents. So, I go off topic, I get mixed up, I forget what I was talking about, and I use a lot of filler words and stuff, but it’s all to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff.

 

It is a show that does take some getting used to, like I said earlier. This is a very different podcast. It’s strange. It’s unique. It’s an acquired taste, and it’s okay not to like it or not to like me, or it’s okay to get here and be skeptical or doubtful or put off at first. Alls I tell people is that’s how most people get here. Why wouldn't you be skeptical or doubtful or even irritated if you're having trouble sleeping, and now you tuned into a show and this guy’s just rambling on and on and on, and half the things he says sound like nonsense? I don't even know what a scratch-and-stiffer is. I say, well, yeah, good thing, 'cause a scratch-and-sniff sticker…so, yeah, it’s…it takes some getting used to.

 

So, most regular listeners who support the show now said it took two or three tries to get used to the show, and on the second or third try, or some people the fourth, some people with years in-between those tests, they're like, oh, now I get it. He was serious. He’s always going nowhere. This show is always never getting started, and he is a bit of a yard sale. I don't even know what that means, but it’s an accurate description of him. I’ve never described anyone and said, yeah, he’s a bit of a yard sale, that Scooter, but I think in this case it fits pretty well. You say, is he more of a yard sale or a garage sale? A bit of both. He’s a bit of both for sure. I mean, without a doubt. He’s a bit of a yard sale, some days a bit of a garage sale other days. Probably never been…not sure he’ll ever be an estate sale.

 

They say, wow, that’s really descriptive. He may visit an estate sale. But they’ll say, sir…? Well, I’m just here for the cookie…estate sales have cookies, right, I’m assuming, and finger foods? No? Okay. Well, foiled again. So, what was I saying? Oh, but most people don’t like me when they get here, so just give it a few tries and see how it goes. But here’s the thing; if you already know you don’t like me or the show or you tried it out for a few times and it doesn't work for you, or there’s something else about the show — even if you're a regular listener — that you're fed up about or frustrated about, we now have a website. Well, it’s a form now that’ll lead you to the right place called sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou. You just go there. If the show or me is a ‘no’, we have a link. It’ll bring you to other sleep podcasts.

 

If you just strongly dislike me, we’ll bring you to other sleep podcasts and have a place where you could take action, positive action, that’ll help you sleep versus taking it out on me, 'cause it’s okay if you don’t like me. If you love the show but you're displeased, there’s stuff on there for you, too, 'cause the show is still about getting you to sleep and helping you out. That’s the cool thing, 'cause I know what it feels like…I know what it feels like to be grouchy. Holy cow, do I. So, I’m still here to help and…or to guide you towards some other help. Just with sleep stuff, though. I’m just a podcaster. I’m not…you know what I mean? So, that’s sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou. What else do you need to know?

 

This is a podcast you could just…it’s kinda…you just barely listen to it like a out-of-focus picture or a TV on in the other room or a show streaming under your pillow or a friend on the phone you're not really paying attention to but they're talking on and on and on, or like an incredibly boring person at a party or a yard…I mean, yeah, or a yard sale or a garage sale that’s just going…you know, I could do that. So, it’s a show that just takes a little adjusting to. It’s a podcast…you could listen to it, but you don’t need to listen to it. It’s also…I’ve been making a sleep podcast…probably by the time you hear this, we’ll have passed twelve years, and this is not meant to put you to sleep. There’s no pressure to fall asleep with this show because I’m gonna be here over an hour.

 

I make the show for the people who can't sleep at all or who need a break during the day just as much for the people that fall asleep to it, 'cause my job is to be here for you and send these lulling, soothing tones, not to put you to sleep. My job is to take your mind off of stuff and just hang with you. So, I’m here to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your neigh-bore, your bore-bie, your bores, your boreman, your Boris Borlaf, your bore-sib, your bore-cuz, your bore-bruh, your best bore-friend f’eva, and to keep you company while you fall asleep or to give you relief when you wake up or when you wake up early or when you just can't sleep at all. I’m here to the very end whether you're awake or asleep, and that’s something I’ve known since the first couple months and based on feedback from doing the show.

 

So, I’m here to be here in the deep, dark night. The other thing you need to know is the structure of the show. You don’t need to know, but I like to point it out just for new listeners or people…again, that are coming back to the show or whatever, just so you know how…why the show is structured the way it is. The reason the show is structured the way it is is based on listener feedback over the past twelve years. So, the show starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, so you feel seen and welcomed in and you get the tone of the show is a little bit silly and friendly, so you say, huh, I might check that show out, or yeah, I could give it a try. Then there’s sponsor support or asking for listener support so we can make this show on a regular basis but most people don’t have to pay for it.

 

As long as some people support the show, the people that get the most out of it, the show…everybody can benefit. ‘Cause there’s a lot of people who just aren't in a position to support the show or going through a tough time or are only here for a little while or new, and I don’t want the show to just be on a paid service only, right? So, anyway…and that’s just what we’ve seen over the years, and most people listen to the show linearly, meaning they start the podcast and it stops at the end of the show, or they set a sleep timer for thirty minutes, forty-five minutes, or an hour. I don't see…I don't necessarily know that anybody does it for fifteen minutes, but maybe some people do, and then they set it and they listen to fifteen-minute segments every night. Probably there are.

 

So…oh, so that’s the very beginning of the show, then the support, then there’s a long, meandering intro which we’re about twenty minutes into now, or fifteen minutes into. It’s usually fifteen to twenty minutes long. It’s totally separate from the support. It’s a show within a show where I ease you into bedtime by explaining what the podcast is in a different way each time but in a familiar manner so you get some reassurance that you're in the right place, but there’s variety. ‘Cause in my experience personally and based on listener feedback, predictability doesn't work with sleep podcasts or sleep stuff for people that this show helps. For some people, it does. So, whatever keeps the people…if you're like me or a lot of listeners awake, it’s like having something that’s familiar that you like but is different every time.

 

That’s why we put out a ton of variety of episodes. That’s where the work for the show goes, is because my brain always…once it can predict something, then it knows it can keep me awake, or my feelings or my thoughts or whatever. So, the intro is familiar but has variety. I don't even know…I compared myself to a garage sale and a yard sale, and it’s like, yeah, that’s actually a perfect description of me. I don't think that’s happened before, and I’ve done, whatever, 1,400+ episodes at this point? I have no idea, 'cause I record these pretty far ahead of time. Okay, so that’s the intro. It goes on and on and on. Why is it fifteen to twenty minutes? To ease you into bedtime while you're getting ready for bed, you're in bed getting comfortable, or you're winding down.

 

While there is some…we don’t recommend…if you fall asleep fast, we recommend either supporting the show directly, or there’s Bedtime Stories from Sleep With Me, which is just stories. ‘Cause the intro is kinda the time we all hang and kinda start to relax, and that’s what works for me most of the time. Nothing works for me all the time, but having a nice wind-down routine works for me most of the time. So, that’s the intro, then there’s support, then there will be our episodically modular series, Get Besos Big Farm in the Sky PI, which will be a nice story tonight. Pretty sure the Big Farm in the Sky PI is gonna talk to a Classics professor that works in a library, and it just fosters positive memories of people that are really interested in a subject. So, that’s what I was excited about earlier, is to get to know this new character.

 

I don't…I can't make any promises it’s a recurring character, but yeah. So, yeah, that’s why I’m here. I’m here to help if I can. I hope I can help you out. It does take me and a team of people working really hard to get this show out on a regular basis, but we're dedicated to it 'cause it means something to us to help you out, and we're glad you're here. We work really hard, yearn and strive to help you fall asleep, and thanks again for coming by. If you decide the show makes your life better and you say, man, this makes my life better; how can I help this thing? Here’s a couple ways you could do that.

 

Alright everybody, this is Scoots here. Welcome to our episodically modular series, Big…Get Besos Big Farm in the Sky PI. This is episodically modular, which means you can listen to it in any order. It is a…it’s like, it’s a series. It has recurring characters, a plot that is very convoluted, but you could listen to it any order, meaning if this is your first episode of Get Besos Big Farm in the Sky PI, you'll get all the information you need to know to listen or to sleep or to barely pay attention or to pay attention to a meandering story. You can listen to all the other episodes in…as prequels or you could fall asleep to this or just barely pay attention and then listen to them in order during the day. All the episodes are available everywhere. So, wherever you listen to your podcasts, you could listen to them.

 

So, I’m glad you're here. I think everything…this is gonna be one…I know ahead of time the character’s gonna do some explaining of how we got where we are and how we got here. So, I don't have to set things up too much other than to say this kinda takes place in a post-earthly realm, and this episode features the Big Farm in the Sky PI. Yeah, so, I think that’s everything other than the fact that we have our Hollywood announcer here, Mr. Antonio Banderas. Ah, the friends beyond the binary, the ladies, the gentlemen, the boys, the girls, it’s time for Big Farm in the Sky PI, Get Besos. Yeah. Wow, thanks, Antonio. I didn’t even really introduce you other than our Hollywood announcer.

 

Usually I have so much…this is actually a compliment, too; people say that they're underhanded compliments, but I don't believe they…you have the ability to cause…I don't think my use of vocabulary is ever correct, but you're not profuse. You cause profusion of compliments, if those…if I’m using any of those words…or when…even when you get close to here, I start thinking…now, unfortunately, the only thing…'cause the reason people think it’s underhanded compliments or whatever they say, all the people that are paying so close attention to this part, Antonio…there are, believe it or not, and most of them have good things to say about you. But so, what do I mean? There’s a two-part thing for this. There’s the good side; you have so many admirable qualities, positive qualities.

 

It creates even within me…and my heart’s not known as a place of abundance, you know? Or, Unawareness of Abundance; that may be a chapter in my autobiography. Abundance? Where? I say, it’s all around…you're swimming in it. Say, no idea what you're talking about. So, that’s also a compliment. For someone that’s out of touch with abundance, I guess that could be another one. But even for me, I have an abundance of things to admire in you, to savor in you, and that just impress me. Every time you come here, drive all the way from the Greater Los Angeles Area via stored solar and wind and thermal energy, geothermal energy, and you even probably have to stop on the way to tap that off, and I’m sure you spend time being kind to other people and all that…those things. But so, that’s what I mean.

 

You create a profusion of that, even within me. The downside is for a sleep podcast, there is a low level of noise to all that pro…I don't know if it creates a humming within me and other people, some sort of distinct vibration. Now, we have been able to isolate it and remove it from the podcast, just like the charismic charms and the tinkling of angels’ wings or whatever it is, smiling of all mammalian creatures. Those things…don't worry, I’m willing to put in the effort to counteract your…the profusion of goodness within you so that people could fall asleep. It’s the lengths I’m willing to go, trying to equal…which the irony is, it’s caused by the lengths you're willing to go. Do you understand what I’m saying? It’s not…I don't know why people get confused. It’s just the honest truth, and it’s also paradoxical, right?

 

If you weren't so amazing, what would we…would we…? I don't know. That’s the question I’d be afraid to answer; would I still have you on the podcast? Mr. Antonio Banderas; not…he’s not bad. He comes here…'cause it is about…your introduction of the podcast is so wonderful. But anyway, I gotta get to the story, but I just realized I hadn't said anything nice about you. Then when I say nice things about you, I do have to balance it back out with the reality of the production of a podcast. I’m sure all this stuff…like, how do they deal with it on set? Like, when you…you say, yeah, I’m supposed…I realize I’m supposed to be doing this job, but I’m mesmerized. Or, hey, what are you doing just…? Do they actually work that into the call schedule? Like, hey, I noticed you're standing there in amazement.

 

What, did you just have a conversation with Antonio? Yeah. Okay, well, don't worry, we got…give it fifteen, okay, and we’ll come back. I guess they work that into the budget, probably, for anything you're involved in. But I’m sure for movies it’s different 'cause people aren't falling asleep to them, or shows, whatever you're working on, where the tinkling of angels’ wings that are not hearable by most human ears…if that’s in a movie, I’m sure that’s like…maybe 20,000 Hz should cover that, 'cause they do stuff about…you know all that stuff that’s going on in the background, background noises. But they’d say, well, it’s not detectable by…I guess they did…they said, it’s not detectable by any instruments we have or ears we have or anything. I say, well, I can isolate it in my edit. I can hear it. As soon as Antonio’s car pulls in, I start to hear this tinkling of angels’ wings.

 

Again, yeah, I have to be extra cognizant of my listeners. You wouldn't think it would be a positive for a podcast, but…Sleep With Me; no tinkling of angels’ wings, no sighing of small mammals, medium…no sighing of all mammals, no…whatever the sound your face makes when you give a genuine smile. All those things, it’s just something I gotta think about. Anyway, that’s Mr. Antonio Banderas. He’s…brings an abundance of great things here, causes…I mean, talk about a profusion. I just went on…I was just being…was I being profuse there? He laughs like…he doesn't laugh at me or with me; he laughs in appreciation of me. So, just another nice thing about you, man. Actually, when you laugh like that…how come you're…when you laugh about me, it doesn't make any noise? He shrugs. Oh boy, that’s Mr. Antonio Banderas. This is Get Besos Big Farm in the Sky PI. Thanks, everybody.

 

Hey Diane, it’s me, and I got a report in here, Diane. Just checking my notes here. I have gone to a local library here. I think I’ll try to explain what happened. If you say, what do you…? I mean, if somebody else is listening to this, they might be like, a local library? What do you mean? But we're still on this…we can't get past the who…you can't get past the ‘who’ to get to the who, what, why, when, where, how, but we're stuck needing a ‘who’ to get…how am I gonna get all these people out of Florida, the real Florida? Because G and DK got jobs and lives…and also get back to my clients, which I guess everything is intersectional here anyway, but…I did some gumshoe work, Diane. I went to a library because I was lost. I was close to Florida, and so…now, good news, Diane; this is Big Farm in the Sky Librari.

 

I just wanted to make that rhyme, Diane. Did you appreciate that, Diane? But yeah, I was at the…not…like a branch. I think our conversation covers it, but I met this Classics professor, and she was a classic professor in her earthly…in the earthly realms, now a librarian in the post…in the Big Farm in the Sky Librari. Kinda our conversation…I’ll just run through it, Diane. So, I said, hey…I didn’t know I got sent over to her from the information desk, 'cause I said…they said, hi, how can I help you? I said, I gotta find somebody. They said, oh, okay, where do you need to…? First they asked me some questions, and I said, well, I don't know who I’m looking for. Then they did…yeah, they're really good there.

 

Even though it was…I mean, I’m not trying to say it’s a bad thing that it was a local library, Diane, but they tried to narrow it down, right? ‘Cause I could have been looking for anybody, including fictional, non-fictional…and they didn’t have that many people working there. It was a small place. But they said, oh yeah, you're gonna want to go over there and talk to Lilith. I said, okay, I’ll talk to Lilith. How you doing, Lilith? And kinda started a…so, okay, so you're looking for somebody. Yeah, yeah. I need to find some…well, I need to know who they are. She laughed at that. She said, that’s quite a question, isn't it? I said, well, yeah, I need to…yeah. She goes, okay, tell me a little bit more about who you're looking for. I said, well, it’s pretty confusing.

 

She said, well, I’m already confused, so nowhere to go but where we're gonna go. I said, it involves a lot of chaos. She goes, okay, well, just…I want you to start wherever you start. Just get started. I said, okay, so there was this guy, right? He was on a wheel in the sky, and the wheel was warm. It was a warm wheel, and he was flying through the sky. She goes, okay, where was this guy? I said, in a non-positive earthly realm. He was on a permanent loop or…yeah, an indefinite loop in a non-positive realm on a very warm wheel in the sky. She said, okay, and you're trying to find him? I said, no, no, I’m trying to find his son. She goes, do you know his name? I said, Ox…Axeon? Something like that.

 

He’s…I’m pretty sure he was married to a cloud-based woman who was a goddess, or she was a cloud-based version of a goddess. So, not a woman, but a goddess. Not a woman…now, I’m not using those like metaphors. Wait a second, am I? No, I don't think so. I don't know, I got…I’m confused myself. I apologize, Lilith. He has another son, but she also has kids, too, other kids. Or, well, ‘kids’ is the wrong word. She also has horse lords and horse ladies that she’s the mother of, though that part…they were in Florida, but they got taken care of. They were actually changed into pony lords and pony ladies, and they got sent on another mission. But he has a son. Now, this is why I needed your help. He’s got another son. Believe it or not, the son and the horse lords and the horse ladies are not related.

 

Maybe technically they are, but they were at the same wedding, and that did not go well. But this other son, he had a crush on the partner or the…someone that was in a relationship, someone from the earthly realm, I believe. I’m not 100% on that, either, but they…she was from the earthly realm, maybe, probably, but she got into a relationship with someone from a non-positive earthly realm. But this guy, he was a earthbound human, but he hung around with somebody that was able to bend the rules a lot more than him. Oh, by the way, Lilith…so, Diane, this was before I knew Lilith was a Classics professor. But I said, by the way, this is all kinda mythological-type stuff. She said, yeah, I got that. Okay, so, back to this other guy. I think his name’s Pithy or something.

 

He goes down to this non-positive earthly realm thinking him and his best friend, who…he was a little bit more…maybe he was half-human, maybe a demigod thing, but he…they went down there and they said, yeah, let’s get her outta here. I’m gonna date her now or see if she wants to go out with me, 'cause I got a crush on her. But the head of the non-positive earthly realm said, no, wrong, incorrect. So, he stayed down there for a long time. She said, I’m beginning to pick up a pattern. So, that’s a indefinite…two indefinites, right, in non-positive earthly realms. I said, exactly. I said, yeah, Pithy and Xiax…whatever, Axon…Axon? Ion? Maybe it’s Ion. I don't know. Also, so, my friends…or, well, my client…yeah, they're my clients; they were in a flying frog. So, originally what happened is they were in a flying frog.

 

It was a mechanical one made by the cloud-based woman or cloud-based goddess. She had asked them to go get the guy off the flying wheel. Then they got him off the flying wheel, but then they landed in Florida. Then he said, I want my son. So, I was the one…I went down to this non-positive region. I actually needed the help of the horse lords and horse ladies. Then we got the other guy out, Pithy. Then we all went to the real Florida, which…where my friend…so, I have friend…I don't know if you're close with anybody on Earth still, but I’m really close with my niece and her best friend, G and DK. They live in Florida, earthbound…100% earthbound humans, right? They're young adults and they're trying to start their young adulthood. Now they got…well, they had a bunch of horse lords and horse ladies.

 

They were in a townhouse or something. Then this guy…he’s kind of like…Nafel is the cloud-based being. She seems nice, but this Ion or whatever…very demanding. Then his son, Pithy…not the greatest, either. He kept saying, where’s my buddy? I said, what? But he said, this isn't my…this isn't the son I’m looking for. Those two are gonna have to work that out, you know? Said, I wanted my other son. So, I guess…so, I’m…I came here 'cause I was in Florida and I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t realize the horse lords and horse ladies would get turned into ponies. Well, they're pony lords and pony ladies, and they don’t want to be called pony princes and princesses, by the way, Lilith. Believe me, it’s great alliteration, but they said, no.

 

But they're do…they're help…they're trying to be helpful or channelling their energy for something. So, do you know who this guy’s son is, this guy that…? So, I’m looking for his son. She said, this is interesting. I said, yeah. She goes, so you need his son for your clients or for you, or what do you need his son…? I said, well, he wants…oh yeah, great question. Well, I just want to get him out of Florida, basically, though this is…I realize how things work in the post-earthly realm. I mean, I didn’t realize it when I was on Earth, though, but there’s more things at work than I can understand, and I’m trying to help my clients, which I guess I could briefly explain. So, I have these two clients, James and Richie.

 

They are…they…Richie had a list of people he was going to help, similar to the…none of these people were on his list, but he had a list of people in non-positive earthly realms he wanted to help. He was going through that list, then he gave it to somebody named Jiff, that…he said, Jiff, why don’t you get started and do some research? Now, Jiff’s not…what do you call it? A PI like me. He’s just a regular person, I think. He may even be an earthbound human. I don't know. Alls I told was like, hey, try to find some of these people on the list that he thinks was on the list so we can find Jiff, 'cause he probably shouldn't be wandering around non…post-earthly realms as opposed…as a earthbound human. They just want to find him, and they want the list back, and they want to help people.

 

Then she said, can you give me an example other than all these examples of people you helped? I said, it would be more confusing, but I guess everything up here…you got a bit of more discretion up here to be confused, huh? She said, you're using all the discretion I got. I said, it’s a good thing that we don’t pay librarians a quarter every two minutes. She goes, no, this is a service. I said, it certainly is. So, I explained to her about…not Jean Valjean, but who’s that guy again, Diane? The…Inspector Javert, and a bunch of the other stuff. What do you call it? The…anyway, Diane, my head’s all over the place. Even a piece of pie hasn’t calmed me down, but don't worry, I still give myself a gift every day. So, I ran through all that stuff, and she said, okay. I said, so, that’s basically where I’m at.

 

She goes, do you have any other clues? I said, oh yeah, I forgot the biggest…so, I don't know who the son is, but I think I know where he is. But I don't know where he is because I don't understand. She said, that makes sense with everything you've told me. Where…or can you tell me more? I said, yeah, he’s at some kind of convention, a convention about post-earthly existence or something. I used a magic kind of mirror tablet that the cloud-based being…she gave me. It has to do with post-earthly things, after-Earth stuff. She put up her hand. She goes, wait a second, what? I said, he’s at some kind of convention. There’s…it has to do with people that work in post-earthly existence stuff. Then she goes, amazing. I said, yeah, it is amazing. I would have never thought they had conventions.

 

I just had thought about it, and I’ve been here a little while. Or maybe I didn’t; I forgot? She goes, no, no, this is what I’ve been waiting for my entire afterlife. I said, what do you mean? She said, this is what I read and studied about on Earth. This was my love on Earth; Classics, mythology, classical literature. She just named a bunch of other stuff, Diane. She goes, that’s what I taught and what I read and what I was interested in. She goes, yeah, here I work in a library, right? It’s important to me to be helpful, and obviously tactile experiences are more important here, and occasionally we get interesting stuff. She goes, but most of the time it’s just kind of a job to do. She goes, it’s a pretty normal part of the afterlife library system. It’s just a local branch in the Florida version of post-earthly existence.

 

So, you're visiting; you're not from…? I mean, I don't even know what to call this general Florida…Florida…I mean, we call it Florida up here, but…I said, yeah, no, my…G and DK, they're earthbound in Florida, and I was there, so I just came in here 'cause I had this conference thing and all the other stuff I told you. If I’ve learned one thing, it’s to ask for help, right? I’m not gonna be able to do this on my own, clearly. She goes, well, it looks like this was meant to be, 'cause I am a expert in these areas. She goes, also, I’m a big fan of post-earthly fiction like Defending My Life, The Juice of Betal, and George Burns’ movies, all that kind of stuff. She goes, you might say I’m a afterlife superfan in the afterlife. I said, wow, so you…have you been around everywhere? She goes, no, no, just here in Florida, in the post-sunshine state.

 

I said, oh. She goes, yeah, I got a nice, little place here. I got this job. I got my friends from work, I got my friends…you know, there’s even a use…she goes, we got a UNIX server where we could talk about mythological stuff. She said, yeah, at some point I’m gonna go around and check stuff out, but I do have all the time in the world, so down the road I think I’m gonna get out and about more when I’m more ready. I said, okay, I get it, I get it. But she goes, maybe this is some synchronicity, so…and I said, yeah, I hope so, because I really am at a loss. She goes, yeah, and you need my help, and I could use your help. I go, really? You got something you need me to help find or something? She goes, well…she goes, I have a pretty good idea of who you're looking for, and so, if you could take me with you, then it’d be great.

 

If you take me with you…and I said, take me with you…take you with me where? She said, to the conference. I said, what, the conference from the pictures? I think that’s already over. That’s just a clue, I think. He was at the conference but he’s not there anymore. She’s like, no, no, no, that’s a real conference. I’ve heard about it. It’s for people that work in the post-earthly existences, and it’s becoming more and more…there’s…we talk about it on my chats, and it’s where they talk about new…there’s some sort of big thing coming, but that’s been this spirit of innovation and wonder and this collaborative spirit, exchanging ideas to help everybody. That’s kinda new in the post-earthly realms, right? It used to be kinda more separate, and it’s moving in that way because of the whole Sears/Penny thing, right?

 

Then, Diane, I said, I’m sorry, what? Diane, you must know how I felt inside, but I said, sorry, what? She goes, yeah, well, it’s really hard to get into the conference 'cause it’s only for people that are official…not like I work in the afterlife; I don't work as a part of the afterlife, you know? And probably no…it’s like more…I don't know if there’s actual human beings that work in those jobs, like mythological humans, but not post-earthbound humans, unless they went through the mythological processes. But I wasn’t listening, Diane, 'cause I was like, did you say something about Sears…seared pennies? She goes, no, Sears/Penny. I was like, sorry, Sears/Penny? I’m not familiar. She goes, oh, you're not familiar with…? She goes, it’s the chaos thing with the universe and existence. I said, not familiar.

 

I mean, I was just like, what? She goes, you know how the resilience of existence, the resilience of all existence…and that it’s become…it’s opened up these new frontiers as we’ve found out how resilient existence is, and pliable. I said, I don't understand what you're talking about. She said, it’s…oh, it’s kinda like 4D…it’s not like 4D. Like 4D evolution? No. Like afterlife…it’s like…hm, let me see how to say it. I mean, it’s definitely…kinda like that there’s things that happen that are glitches, and then there’s soft…you know what a soft reboot is versus a reset or a hard reboot? Like, when you…? I said…'cause I was confused, Diane, and I was like, did she say Sears/Penny? She goes, okay, what about stubbing your toe? I said, okay. She goes, how many times when you were a earthbound being did you stub your toe?

 

I said, since or when? ‘Cause I don't think I have stubbed my toe. Wow, I never thought about that. I haven't stubbed my toe since I got here. She goes, right, but on Earth, how many times do you think you stubbed your toe? I was like, I don't know, hundreds, thousands of times? She goes, yeah, okay. Do you remember the last time you stubbed your toe? At first…she goes, there’s no wrong answers. I go, no, I don't. I guess I don't remember. She goes, right, but when you stubbed your toe in the moment, it got your attention, right? It was very unpleasant. I said, yeah, oh yeah, I’m positive about that. She’s like, right, right. Do you know if it was your big toe or your little toe or what? I said, I don't know. I think a fifty-fifty chance. She goes, yeah, okay.

 

She goes, but when you stubbed your toe, you probably did something with whatever you stubbed it on, or maybe you did it again and again repetitively, and then you fixed things, right? But if it was something that you had control over or you could create awareness of, you probably didn’t stub your toe again on the same thing without some gap, a pretty big gap in-between so you wouldn't stub it again. Do you remember ever stubbing your toe on the same thing twice without doing…? I said, yeah, well…yeah, but I did something about it. She goes, right, but you also stubbed…and I said, yeah, I think I understand what you're saying. Right; you changed things or you just did it and then you forgot about it, and then the specifics are gone. I said, okay. She goes, yeah, the Sears/Penny thing is like that.

 

I said, what? She was like, almost like the entire…not universe, but all of existence stubs its toe every once in a while, and when it happens, it’s kinda like a big flash for the existence or the universes or whatever. It’s like, you make some noise, right? It gets the attention of the stubee. It’s a big deal in the moment, and there’s noise and there’s flustering and there’s feelings, right? I said, yeah, but toes are resilient for the most part. Sometimes you have to have some outside help, but a lot of times it’s like, your toe gets over it. But at least initially, it’s like…I said, okay. She goes, yeah, and maybe you hold your toe or maybe you do something about it, but then you move on, and you also kinda forget about it. But maybe you improve something or change something. I said, okay.

 

She said, so, Sears/Penny is like that, just like a bigger…it’s bigger because…and we can only be aware of some of the changes, right? Because it’s more of a theory 'cause there’s no proof, 'cause it’s like, you don’t have…it just doesn't get recorded somehow in a similar way, or historically. But usually it leads to some change that’s indirect. You say, what did I change that door around for? I don't know. It’s so vague I don't even have an answer for you from my own metaphor. But one of those things that at least in theory we're pointing to is that this new collaborative spirit…there’s always been some kind of thing, but clearly this conference is proof…this conference has not always existed, right? Things have changed. Not everybody’s remembers it, so you gotta really dig deep.

 

They say, yeah, there was times where things were not as…travel between existences wasn’t allowed and it’s still not all allowed, right? I say, yeah, I tried to go to El, but…over the bridge in El. She’s like, whoa, wait a second, you tried to go in El? In Elheim? I said, yeah, yeah, we could talk about it another time. Right, so what I was saying is that one of the results of this Sears/Penny thing is that the universe is becoming more open, more collaborative, more friendly, and more curious about one another, and how…and even how things are done and why, in the true spirit of collaboration, I guess, and learning from one another. I guess there was a pause, Diane. I said, so, this is called the Sears/Penny? She goes, yeah. I said, any idea why it’s called Sears/Penny? She said, no, actually.

 

Maybe they're the ones that came up with the theory. I hadn't thought about it too much, I guess like my toe. I could look it up if you want. But sometimes there’s blank spots. This isn't like regular earthbound history, you know? It’s going beyond 4D. But yeah, it’s called Sears/Penny. We talk about it, my friends and I. I said, okay, so…but this conference is a good thing, you're saying. She goes, yeah, yeah, it’s a good thing. It sounds really, really cool, too. I said, so you want to go to the conference? I said, can you tell me, what is it about the conference that you…just 'cause you're a fan? What’s so appealing about it? I think I was just buying time, Diane, 'cause now talking about it, it makes perfect sense. But at the time, I was still…Sears/Penny, Sears/Penny, Sears/Penny. Oh my goodness, what did I get myself into?

 

But she said, so you're a PI, right? She was perceptive, this Lilith, 'cause I said, yeah, I’m a PI. She said, okay, but you weren't a PI on Earth, right? I said, no, no, no. On Earth I was not a PI. She goes, but on Earth were you a fan of PIs and mysteries and stuff like that? I said, oh yeah, that’s why I wanted to be a Big Farm in the Sky PI, 'cause in my earthbound life I said…kinda like you said; one day…I said, man, you're perceptive. You're almost like a PI. She goes, okay, so, I want you to imagine you were on Earth. I said, okay. She goes, imagine there was something called PI Con. I said, PI Con? I said, like the icon…? She goes, no, no. There’s a convention about…but it’s not for fans of PIs and mysteries, but just for PIs.

 

But not just regular PIs; fictional PIs, archetypes, people that create it, the characters themselves in reality, imaginary ones, obscure ones, and they're all meeting for some sort of purpose. I guess that would be the only different thing. Maybe they're having a meeting to be like, how do we make PI-ing better on Earth? Probably wouldn't apply on Earth. Maybe you could do it up here. But she said, if they had that, wouldn't you want to go check it out and observe it and just watch? I said, oh yeah, for sure I would. She said, well, yeah, that’s what I want to do. I just want to go there and see it and see what it’s like. Okay, but you're saying if I take you, you'll help me? So, if I get you into the conference or take you with me, you'll help me figure out who I’m looking for and where I can find him?

 

She goes, well, I know who you're looking for, and I know he’s likely to be at that conference. That makes perfect sense. She said, I’m more than happy to help you. She goes, I can't guarantee…we’ll have to do some more PI work. She goes, I know who he is, but I don't know…I’ve never met him before, right? I don't have a picture of him, but I’m willing to help you if you help me go to this conference, 'cause this is my dream come true. I said, okay…I said, I’m willing to help. She said, can you tell me anything else about this conference just so I can get really excited? I said, well, we gotta head out, I think. She goes, well, do you know…? We’ll have to figure out when the next one is, but I know it’s coming up.

 

I said, well, I did actually…I had this cloud-based PDF that the cloud-based woman gave me that was a conference thing. I just don’t know if I’m supposed to read this to you or not. She goes, go ahead and tell me a little bit about…is it the conference agenda? I said, yeah, this one was called Gatekeepers of the Afterlife: Bridging Realms, Guarding Eternity. It was three days. It was in a neutral mythical realm, and yeah, they had welcoming one…on Day One, breakfast at the gates, everybody…their conference badges were called Keys of Access, and there was light cuisine and refreshments. Then there was a opening ceremony, Call Beyond the Veil, and there was a speaker.

 

Then there was the History of Passageways, a panel from different traditions, gatekeepers from different traditions, then talking about ethics and afterlife management, there was lunch, then there was breakout sessions on personal development, three different sessions on resolving entry disagreements, advanced portal maintenance, role of memory…oh, self…guiding souls without losing yourself, then a round table; Working Across Pantheons, then a mixer, otherworldly drinks…wow, this…she was really impressed with this, Diane. Even though I’m just reading it to you now, I can see her face. Then there was breakfast, then a keynote panel, Crossing the Threshold, then dealing with people entering without permission.

 

Huh…then another lunch, then workshops in the afternoon, people trying to find their way, technology or emotional resistence for eternal…Resilience for Eternal Roles…oh, then something about the future, then a tour, Cross-Realm Gateways, then a gala masquerade, and then a farewell breakfast on the last day, then another keynote; Bridging…Building Bridges, Not Walls, and then final workshops. So, anyway, Diane, I better…oh, the final workshops, Diane? Okay, you're right, Diane, I should cover those. I lost my page, though.

 

The final workshops were Maintaining Neutrality, Crafting a Better Experience, then…oh, the closing ceremonies, The Gates Reopen, which was a ceremony symbolizing unity and shared purpose, distribution of things…they also had a marketplace with various mythical artifacts, charms, services, a serene retreat center, and exhibits; displays of afterlife beliefs and practices from various cultures. So, yeah, that’s everything, Diane, from that one. That was just to…I guess…so, I guess the next thing is to find this conference, get in there, and…she wouldn't tell me who it was, obviously, 'cause she doesn't…then I wouldn't have to bring her with me. So, typical PI. But I’m shoeing the gums, Diane, and I’ll talk to you soon. Goodnight.

 

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Get Besos / Big Farm in the Sky PI

 

History of Yard Sales

https://www.qualityovhd.com/new-blog/the-history-of-garages-and-garage-sales

https://www.dailyamerican.com/story/news/opinion/columns/2019/06/28/the-science-of-garage-sailing/43956519/

https://hunterurbanreview.commons.gc.cuny.edu/the-revolutionary-potential-of-yard-sales-rethinking-the-informal-economy-as-a-transformative-practice/

 

The Life of the Universe

https://www.space.com/life-possible-seconds-after-big-bang

https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/the-universe-is-dying-much-faster-than-scientists-thought-new-study-suggests

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-end-of-the-universe-may-not-be-as-far-off-as-once-thought

 

20,000 Hertz Hum

https://www.20k.org/episodes/thewindsorhum

https://www.20k.org/episodes/auralobscura

https://www.hatch.co/blog/science-of-sleep-sounds?srsltid=AfmBOop6OWGTcOAxpEZz8RnhX2JLPAKRhQDPL4CRFXs-TLO9OpptZVjy

 

Toe Bones

https://www.rochesterpodiatryllp.com/blog/item/540-the-complex-elegance-of-the-human-foot

https://biltlabs.com/blogs/blog/foot-bones-a-guide-to-your-feet-and-anatomy?srsltid=AfmBOorVO9BmGjNGWNfAS1zDva2HjqHwKTRJpJr–6VvFZSKd-EGKBgq

https://www.tcmevents.org/post/no-bones-about-it-runners-and-bone-health

 

DOWN TO BUSINESS

I’m excited about this episode

A strange guy with a strange podcast

Somewhere between a job application and dating

Winning you over by being forgettable

A state of vague recollection

Vaguely Recollectible

Do vintage scratch and sniff stickers still smell good?

 

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INTRO

Feelings that are emoting

Too Many Emoji Pillows

How many emoji pillows is too many?

A nursery song for emoji pillows

Pillette – a mini pillow

Pillo-whee!

Why would anybody make a sleep podcast, you know?

The origins of the show

The Full Moon Side of the Internet

Someone else listening is rooting for you right now

To feel cared for and caring at the same time

It does take some getting used to

How could you not be put off by this show at first

Scratch and Sniffer, Scratch and Stiffer

I’m a bit of a yard sale

I only go to estate sales for the finger foods

sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou

I’ve been making this for 12 years by now

No pressure to fall asleep

The structure of the show

Nothing works for me all the time

But a wind down routine works most of the time

Get Besos / Big Farm in the Sky PI

PI is gonna talk to a Classics Professor tonight, and I’m excited to play that

 

STORY

Big Farm in the Sky PI and Get Besos tonight

Episodically modular

Antonio’s introduction

I didn’t give much of a preamble introducing Antonio that time

Antonio, you’re not profuse, but you cause a profusion of compliments

They might be underhanded compliments

Your charm creates a deep, distinct humming (which we do have to edit out)

How do they deal with hum on set, Antonio?

How does anyone manage to work with you and your charm?

The tinkling of angel’s wings not hearable by most ears

Maybe 20,000 Hertz should do an episode on this

I suppose my speech to you was profuse in its own way

PI checking in

I went to the local library

How am I gonna get all of these people out of the real Florida?

Big Farm in the Sky Librar-ie

I met this Classics professor

A professor on the earthly realm, now a librarian in the library

They were very helpful

The front desk sent me to Lillith

I don’t know who I’m looking for

This guy on a warm wheel in the sky

But I’m trying to find his son

And I think he was married to a goddess who might be a cloud now

And he has another son and she has other kids who are horse lords and horse ladies

But now they’re pony lords and pony ladies

But he’s got another son

This son had a crush on someone from the earthly realm

And she got into a relationship with a non-positive earthly realm person

(This is before I knew she was a Classics professor)

But yeah that guy was named Pithy

A pattern of two indefinite stays in non-positive earthly realms

There’s also a flying mechanical frog

Nefell is nice but Ion is not that nice

Neither is Pithy

I’m looking for the other son

Can you help me, Lilith?

I just want to get these folks out of Florida

Explaining my clients, James and Richie

Richie’s list of people to help

But Jiff went off with his list and didn’t help

They want the list back and they want to help people

It’s good we don’t pay librarians per minute

It’s a service

Even a piece of pie hasn’t calmed me down, Diane

So I ran through it all

I think I know where the son is, but not who he is

He’s at some kind of convention

I looked through a post-earthly mirror

A convention for workers in the post-earthly realm

Lilith has been waiting for something like this!

She’s a Classics professor!

A pretty normal part of the after-life library system

G and DK are earthbound in Florida

If I’ve learned one thing, it’s to ask for help

She’s an afterlife superfan

Post-Sunshine State

Lilith lives a pretty sweet life that’s fairly chill right now

Some sort of synchronicity

We can help each other

She has a person in mind

But she wants me to take her to the conference

A collaborative spirit of innovation is on the way

Something big is coming

Did you say something about Sears-Penney?

The Sears Penney Universe Chaos thing

It’s about the resilience of the universe

It’s like afterlife evolution, kind of

Or like 4D evolution

A soft reboot vs a hard reboot

The metaphor of stubbing your toe

Do you remember the last time you stubbed your toe?

But in the moment, it got your attention

You subconsciously learn from stubbing your toe

You don’t stub your toe on the same thing twice

The specifics are gone

All of existence stubs its toe once in a while

And it makes a big flash in the moment

But toes are resilient generally

So that’s kind of what Sears Penney is

We can only be aware of some of the changes right now

It’s hard to register all the growth and changes

This new conference is proof of growth and change

I tell her about traveling to El-heim

The universe is slowly becoming more open, more friendly, and more curious

No idea why it’s called Sears Penney

So this conference is…a good thing?

Lilith wants to go to the conference

What did I get myself into?

PI Con, a con for PIs both real and fictional

Imagine all the PIs ever are meeting to figure out how to make PI-ing better

Wouldn’t I be curious to observe that? Of course

Lilith just wants to see this con

If I take her to the con, she’ll help me

She knows who I’m looking for

I do have a cloud-based PDF we can consult

Reading the PDF
Gatekeepers of the Afterlife

Reading the agenda

Wow, there’s a self care session in there, too

Lilith was really impressed with this agenda

Emotional Resilience for Eternal Roles

Building bridges, not walls

Okay, we got to get to the conference now and then she’ll tell me who it is

I’m shoe-ing the gums, Diane

 

SUMMARY:

Episode: 1371

Title: Librarian Lilith and The Sears/Penny Theory | Get Besos in the Sky PI 13

Plugs: Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Emily Tat Artwork; Rusty Biscuit Links; Crisis Textline

Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Quince; Odoo; Zip Recruiter

Notable Language:

• A state of vague recollection
• Vaguely Recollectible
• Too Many Emoji Pillows
• Pillette 
• Pillo-whee!
• The Full Moon Side of the Internet
• Scratch and Sniffer, Scratch and Stiffer
• A bit of a yard sale
• Underhanded Compliments
• Profusion
• Big Farm in the Sky Librar-ie
• non-positive earthly realms
• Post-Sunshine State
• The Sears Penney Universe Chaos thing
• Sears Penney
• PI Con
• Gatekeepers of the Afterlife
• Emotional Resilience for Eternal Roles
• Shoe-ing the Gums

 

Notable Culture:

• • “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” song
  • sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
  • Antonio Banderas
  • 20,000 Hertz podcast

• Defending Your Life

• Beetlejuice

• PI Con

 

Notable Talking Points:

• Feelings that are emoting
• Too Many Emoji Pillows
• How many emoji pillows is too many?
• A nursery song for emoji pillows
• Pillette – a mini pillow
• Pillo-whee!
• Why would anybody make a sleep podcast, you know?
• The origins of the show
• The Full Moon Side of the Internet
• Someone else listening is rooting for you right now
• To feel cared for and caring at the same time
• It does take some getting used to
• How could you not be put off by this show at first
• Scratch and Sniffer, Scratch and Stiffer
• I’m a bit of a yard sale
• I only go to estate sales for the finger foods
• sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
• I’ve been making this for 12 years by now
• No pressure to fall asleep
• The structure of the show
• Nothing works for me all the time
• But a wind down routine works most of the time
• Get Besos / Big Farm in the Sky PI
• PI is gonna talk to a Classics Professor tonight, and I’m excited to play that
• Big Farm in the Sky PI and Get Besos tonight
• Episodically modular
• Antonio’s introduction
• I didn’t give much of a preamble introducing Antonio that time
• Antonio, you’re not profuse, but you cause a profusion of compliments
• They might be underhanded compliments
• Your charm creates a deep, distinct humming (which we do have to edit out)
• How do they deal with hum on set, Antonio?
• How does anyone manage to work with you and your charm?
• The tinkling of angel’s wings not hearable by most ears
• Maybe 20,000 Hertz should do an episode on this
• I suppose my speech to you was profuse in its own way
• PI checking in
• I went to the local library
• How am I gonna get all of these people out of the real Florida?
• Big Farm in the Sky Librar-ie
• I met this Classics professor
• A professor on the earthly realm, now a librarian in the library
• They were very helpful
• The front desk sent me to Lillith
• I don’t know who I’m looking for
• This guy on a warm wheel in the sky
• But I’m trying to find his son
• And I think he was married to a goddess who might be a cloud now
• And he has another son and she has other kids who are horse lords and horse ladies
• But now they’re pony lords and pony ladies
• But he’s got another son
• This son had a crush on someone from the earthly realm
• And she got into a relationship with a non-positive earthly realm person
• (This is before I knew she was a Classics professor)
• But yeah that guy was named Pithy
• A pattern of two indefinite stays in non-positive earthly realms
• There’s also a flying mechanical frog
• Nefell is nice but Ion is not that nice
• Neither is Pithy
• I’m looking for the other son
• Can you help me, Lilith?
• I just want to get these folks out of Florida
• Explaining my clients, James and Richie
• Richie’s list of people to help
• But Jiff went off with his list and didn’t help
• They want the list back and they want to help people
• It’s good we don’t pay librarians per minute
• It’s a service
• Even a piece of pie hasn’t calmed me down, Diane
• So I ran through it all
• I think I know where the son is, but not who he is
• He’s at some kind of convention
• I looked through a post-earthly mirror
• A convention for workers in the post-earthly realm
• Lilith has been waiting for something like this!
• She’s a Classics professor!
• A pretty normal part of the after-life library system
• G and DK are earthbound in Florida
• If I’ve learned one thing, it’s to ask for help
• She’s an afterlife superfan
• Post-Sunshine State
• Lilith lives a pretty sweet life that’s fairly chill right now
• Some sort of synchronicity
• We can help each other
• She has a person in mind
• But she wants me to take her to the conference
• A collaborative spirit of innovation is on the way
• Something big is coming
• Did you say something about Sears-Penney?
• The Sears Penney Universe Chaos thing
• It’s about the resilience of the universe
• It’s like afterlife evolution, kind of
• Or like 4D evolution
• A soft reboot vs a hard reboot
• The metaphor of stubbing your toe
• Do you remember the last time you stubbed your toe?
• But in the moment, it got your attention
• You subconsciously learn from stubbing your toe
• You don’t stub your toe on the same thing twice
• The specifics are gone
• All of existence stubs its toe once in a while
• And it makes a big flash in the moment
• But toes are resilient generally
• So that’s kind of what Sears Penney is
• We can only be aware of some of the changes right now
• It’s hard to register all the growth and changes
• This new conference is proof of growth and change
• I tell her about traveling to El-heim
• The universe is slowly becoming more open, more friendly, and more curious
• No idea why it’s called Sears Penney
• So this conference is…a good thing?
• Lilith wants to go to the conference
• What did I get myself into?
• PI Con, a con for PIs both real and fictional
• Imagine all the PIs ever are meeting to figure out how to make PI-ing better
• Wouldn’t I be curious to observe that? Of course
• Lilith just wants to see this con
• If I take her to the con, she’ll help me
• She knows who I’m looking for
• I do have a cloud-based PDF we can consult
• Reading the PDF
  Gatekeepers of the Afterlife
• Reading the agenda
• Wow, there’s a self care session in there, too
• Lilith was really impressed with this agenda
• Emotional Resilience for Eternal Roles
• Building bridges, not walls
• Okay, we got to get to the conference now and then she’ll tell me who it is
• I’m shoe-ing the gums, Diane