1440 – Windy’s Diner | May the Fourth Be With You

Episode 1440 – Windy's Diner | May the Fourth Be With You

 

SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys the…boys the girl…boys and girls, whatever day it may be…may be the fourth be with you or the fifth or whatever. I’m here to keep you company and take…but may you feel welcome. May you feel some sleepy joy and delight in the deep, dark night. That’s what I’m here to try to provide you. If you're new, welcome to the show. If you're a regular listener, so glad to have you back. People that listen from time to time, I’m glad you're spending some time here. I hope I can make meandering use of it. But if you're new, this is a podcast that’s here to be your friend in the deep, dark night, take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep, a little bit different than what you might expect with a sleep podcast. So, kinda see how it goes. It does take a couple tries to get used to this show.

 

Structurally what we got coming up is support so that paying for the podcast is optional, particularly for new listeners, then a long, meandering intro meant to ease you into bedtime, and then a visit from…the only person from…the only Star Wars…tertiary Star Wars character who lives maybe in a world of parody and satire. Or, what’s the other one…? Is why he comes by. He’ll be making a meander…I think he’ll be talking about…I don't think he’ll talk about the movie Diner, which I’ve never seen out…like when I’ve been clear-headed, so I should probably watch that film. But he’ll be talking about diners. I say, Star Wars diners? I don't know. No, I do know, but our friend Wendy…oh, Windy…our friend Windy, though when I say it it sounds like Wendy. So, welcome to…you might say, it feels windy in here with all that hot air coming my way. Well, you're in the right place. It’s warm air or a cool breeze, whatever you prefer, or…you know. Whatever, I’m here to help you.

 

I’m glad you're here. If this show…if you're a regular listener of this show, like you listen nightly, nearly nightly, this podcast makes your life better on a regular basis, paying for the show is optional for everybody but that group. If you can afford to support the show, please consider supporting one of these sponsors or supporting the show directly if you listen that often and it makes your life a lot better. If it only makes your life a little bit better or you only listen occasionally, you can't support the show, we’ve got you. Here you go.

 

Intro: 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, things you're thinking about, thoughts that are just there or thoughts that are kinda going on a little bit under the surface, and you say, I’m feeling something…'cause it could also be feelings related to those thoughts or those…you say, huh, I’m feeling a little bit of something here. Oh, now I’m hearing those thoughts. But whatever it is.

 

It could be physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine, you could be going through something, getting over something, in the middle of something, anticipating, you might have guests, you could be traveling, maybe you work a different schedule. Whatever it is, I’m really glad you're here, and I mean that. I really am. The only reason I kinda run through some of the things that might have brought you here is so you get the sense you're not alone, that you're in…you really are in good company. I don't want to toot any horns, but, you know, you could do that under the covers if you're anything like…occasionally, you know. But this is pretty good company you're in, because you're here with a welcoming group of other listeners who are not just welcoming you passively, though some are. A lot of people are getting comfortable, getting wound down, but there’s listeners rooting for you. They're so glad you're here and they really hope this show can help you out 'cause they get it.

 

That’s the one thing that over the twelve, thirteen years I’ve been making the show, over the millions of listeners I’ve heard from or had a chance to interact with, is that other listeners get it. They get what it feels like. They might not know exactly what brought you here, but they understand that you're here because you're a little bit fed up with sleep, right? You're having a issue and you're really hoping something can help you out. I’m rooting for you, too, 'cause I’ve been there; tossing, turning, mind racing, trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep, waking up, all that stuff, thoughts, feelings, physical…all that stuff I list. I’m glad you're here 'cause I made this show for someone who is…that just can't get…quite get to sleep, but you tried a bunch of other stuff. You tried to listen to the advice…people kinda ‘shoulded’ you; oh, you should be doing this. You thinking? Why don't you stop thinking?

 

I say, great, if I could have stopped thinking…I mean, I wouldn't just stop thinking at bedtime, you know? But as soon as my…so, what I’m trying to say is we're glad you're here, but even though I think that could I relate to what brought you here, right…I don't assume that. The good news is that even if you say, no, Scoots, you can't relate to what brought me here, there is someone listening…there’s enough people listening that somewhere in the world, someone who really gets where you're at is listening, too, a regular listener. I don't know if you could feel it right now, or I don't know if you want to be the person sending it right now. They're sending you well wishes across the deep, dark night, across the world, and it’s real. They're saying, man. They're lying in their bed or they're on their floor getting…doing some sort of wind down…the only reason I say that is that’s where I do my wind-down routine, on the floor.

 

Anyway, we don't want to get…we don't need to be distracted by my wind-down routine. But they're thinking fondly of you because they can really relate. They see you in a indirect way, yeah, and that’s kinda…sometimes that’s the most comfortable way it can be, 'cause there’s no pressure. It’s just someone else out there who gets you, and they've been in a similar place, and they hope the show can help you out. Maybe the show doesn't help you out, but at least you get that when you come here, and that’s why I make the show, is I get to be a part of this gathering of people in the deep, dark night who listen for a variety of different reasons. But underneath it all we do share something, and maybe it’s just that we enjoy each other’s good company in a indirect way. But we also believe that everybody deserves a good night's sleep. Everybody deserves a place where they could get the rest they need so their life is more manageable.

 

Everybody deserves a bedtime they don't have to dread, that they could look forward to, or, at least in this case with Sleep With Me, feel neutral about and say, well, at least I got that podcast. I don't know, the guy…he talks a lot, but it’s not bad. So, at least I got that to listen to. That’s what I strive for, to just be like, well, he’s not bad. I don't know what he’s really talking about, but I listen…I kinda listen to it. Because if you get the rest you need on a regular basis, your life tomorrow is gonna be more manageable, and then maybe if it keeps going, that you could be out there in the world, flourishing. That means the world we're in is a better place with you in it. We need you in this world. You don't have to be at your best; that’s too much pressure. I’m not perfect. I’m foible…I’m full of foibles. I mean, I may not even…I’m so full of foibles I’m not even using the word correctly. Fallible…holy cow, I may be fallible in my use of ‘foible’, or I may be foibling my fallibles.

 

But I’m not gonna be flippant about it. When I say that stuff, I’m serious. So, we're foible-friendly. Flippant-friendly? I say, well, we don't need to be…we could be…I don't know, 'cause some…I say, wait a second, is flippant more of like…? Oh, you and your foibles. That’s what my nana would say. Oh, you and your foibles again. Could you just please use words that you could spell? Because I’m not thinking you're gonna be able to spell ‘foibles’. Well, I tell you what, nana, if I could…if I saw the word ‘foible’, I would give it a hug just 'cause I’m picturing it as a huggable word. I wouldn't be…I’d say, I’m not be flippant, foible. I want to give you a full embrace. Also, I added a extra F word in just to add more alliteration. I’m not even sure if that was alliterative. What was I even talking about? Well, yeah, we want you flourishing in the world. That means our world’s a better place. Now, the way this show works is I send my voice across the deep, dark night.

 

I use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, superfluous tangents…I’m trying to think of a word. Fully foible…is fung…? I don't know what ‘fungible’ is. I probably…if I saw it in context, I would know what it is, but…fungible foibles. I wish I knew what fungible meant, 'cause I say, that could be a store. Fungibles and Foibles? That’s Floor 5, sir. Oh, thank you. Okay. Okay, so, yes…what does all that mean? It means my voice is not traditionally soothing, and this show is full of friendly meanders. It’s kinda like you're hanging out with a friend that never gets to the point. But when you first get here, this show could be a little bit off-putting. That’s normal. You might be skeptical, you might be doubtful, maybe you searched for the show, maybe someone recommended it, and you're like, I had expectations about this. What am I listening to? That’s a pretty normal way to get to the show. I would say that it makes sense to me.

 

So, if you're having that reaction, why wouldn't you be skeptical or doubtful, right? You've tried a bunch of different stuff to fall asleep, and now here I am just talking about almost nothing. So, alls I can tell you is that over the history of the podcast what I’ve learned is that it takes two or three tries to get used to this show. Some people do that over the course of two or three nights or two or three hours, but some people do it over the course or two or three months or two or three years, where you hear about the show, you listen to it once, and you're like, what is…? This is not a sleep…this can't be the podcast somebody told me about. This guy’s…he’s just going…I think he talked to an imaginary nana, and he says words; I’m not sure if he knows…I’m not even sure if he knows what vocabulary is. Then I say, yeah, no, it’s long for vocab. Vocabulary is the long version of vocab. I know that. So, if you're having a reaction to the show, that’s a pretty common thing. Give it a few tries. See how it goes.

 

On the second or third try what’ll happen is either you'll be like, oh, yeah, the show is always never getting started, always going nowhere. It is like hanging out with a friend and he’s just talking to me, and later he’s gonna talk to me about Star Wars diners? No. I mean, yes and no, or kind of. Maybe? Yeah. But he’ll be just here to keep you company, but you don't need to listen to him. Now, the thing is, give the show a few tries and see how it goes. If it doesn't work out or you already know…you're listening to the show and you just have a strong feeling, no, it’s not a fit; I don't think I ever want to listen to your show again, or I don't think I really…we're a match, that’s totally fine. That’s actually normal, and I have a website set up just for those situations.

 

If the show doesn't work for you, you don't find me to be your cup of tea, or you just say, nah, no thank you, I have a website set up, sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou, and that’ll link to other sleep podcasts and sleepy stuff, 'cause you still deserve a bedtime…to find something that’s gonna help you out and get some sleep, so check that out if you don't like the show or it doesn't help you out. So, that’s one thing. The other thing is that this is a sleep podcast, so…that you kinda barely listen to. That does take some getting used to, as well…like it’s a out-of-focus picture, a TV on in the other room, a show streaming under your pillow, your roommate talking to you about nothing, maybe something nice like a radio across…on the other side of the park where you can't quite see it, or sand passing through your hands, nice, warm water passing through your toes. It’s something that’s there, but it doesn't hook your attention. You say, oh, that’s not bad. That’s nice.

 

A summer breeze that’s neither warm nor cool…you say, okay…has anyone ever used the term mediocre breeze? I don't think so, but that’s not a bad combination, in my opinion. I mean, I wouldn't…I don't want to say it out loud too many times 'cause I don't want to get on the bad side of breeze. I don't want the breeze…breeze, breezes, the breeze, breeze central. I don't want to be on the bad side of breeze. So, it’s just a term I like saying. I’m not calling any breezes mediocre, but Mediocre Breeze; I don't think that could be…it could be a band. I don't know…oh, a woodwind band, Mediocre Breeze. There you go. Or a brass band. I would posit to say that there’s probably a band out there called Mediocre Breeze. That would be pretty…I mean, that’d be some confidence. Or you say, this is just where we are. Yeah, we charge…yeah, we're a middle-school woodwind-brass orchestra, and, yeah, we call ourselves Mediocre Breeze. Or it could be humming.

 

I mean, not…what are those giant…those horns from…? They used to be a [inaudible] with big horns. Anyway, enough about Mediocre Breeze. Maybe it could be another stage name for me. Mediocre…like to…is that how you pronounce the color? Breeze. Mediocre Breeze. What’s your name again? Mediocre Breeze. Do you always say it…? Yeah, I do. You could call…yeah, I don't know. You could call me Mediocre Breeze. That’s what I go by. You could call me…yeah, Mediocre Breeze. I prefer to just go…Mediocre Breeze works. Okay, what was my point? I say the equivalent…I am the equivalent of mediocre breeze. A little hot…a little bit of hot air, a little bit of warm air, but it’s something that you say…it is a metaphor for the show. Again, to all breezes everywhere, I was only making a metaphor about me. Not self-deprecating, but with self-awareness, that this show is like a mediocre breeze, and that’s a positive. That’s a positive.

 

So, it’s like something you're barely paying attention to, I guess was my point. By the way, all breezes should be paid attention to and appreciated fully, and only when used in metaphor that’s only referring to me can you use the term ‘mediocre breeze’. I just want to get clarification, 'cause I don't need…no offence to breezes, but I don't need you blowing…I don't wear a lot of hats, but in a critical situation where I may have a hat, you blowing it off…like if I was getting an award for Hat of the Year or some other situation…I don't know. I don't wear ties, either, like blowing a tie in my face. So, please don't…I just want to make sure that that’s clear. I don't…I’m on the bad side of enough phenomenon and non-phenomenons. I mean, I can't even get a particle collider or particle accelerator or a super…I can't get…they’ve totally cut me off from…so, I love breezes, by the way. I mean, that’s why I’m being so…is this…? I’m trying to equivocate or whatever?

 

But yeah, I love breezes, so…I love you so much I had to use you as a metaphor. So, moving on, moving on. I don't want to move on, though. That’s what makes me qualified to make a sleep podcast. But this is the only sleep podcast, I think…it's been around for a while…that I’m not here to put you to sleep. There is no pressure to fall asleep with this show. There’s a reason the show is over an hour. There’s a reason we put out so many different varieties of episodes, put out so much content; so there’s no pressure to fall asleep. You don't have to worry about when the episode ends. I’m gonna be here over an hour. There’s over 600+ shows available for anybody so that you know it’s gonna be here. There’s no pressure to fall asleep, because there’s people listening who can't sleep at all, there’s people who need a break during the day or need something to listen to while they're working, or they just need some company during the deep, dark day.

 

So, I’m here for them and for you to the very end whether you're listening to me or not, whether you're awake or asleep, whether you're falling asleep, sound asleep, chilling out, whatever it is. I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff, to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bruh, your bore-friend, Boris Borelaf, chairman of the bores, your bore-bie, your boreman, your neighbore, your bores, your best bore-friend f’eva, just to keep you company and hang out with you while you fall asleep, maybe take your mind off of stuff, or maybe you don't listen to me at all. Maybe I’m mumbling under your pillow, or maybe you're like, yeah, I want to listen to you more. It was really…that was really a foible moment you had with the breeze there. I don't need…oh, yeah, and carrying packages. What if there’s ever a moment where I’m in that iconic moment of carrying a stack of wrapped gifts across the street in Manhattan and I’m trying to avoid puddles, and…?

 

No offence to the breeze; I’d appreciate if you don't blow those…especially if it’s…if I’m trying to exist in the icon…there’s not a lot of iconic moments I’m a part of except in these kind of thought experiments where I imagine myself. But so, I guess we don't have to worry. Let’s…yeah, let’s be realistic, right? The breeze is laughing at me now. Yeah, let’s just agree to…that you'll surprise me. Okay, thank you, breeze. Thanks for letting me…you're so gracious. That was some spokesperson for breezes on behalf of breezes everywhere, and I’ll be surprised. They said it with a wink, so that’s gotta be good. So yeah, I’m here to be your bore-friend, keep you company and take your mind off of stuff, and just be here and hang with you. The only other thing I like to run through really quick is the structure of the show. It can really throw new listeners off, so I just like to run through it so you know, so I can meet you where you are.

 

So, the show starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, so you feel seen and welcomed into the show, and you say, okay, I might check that out. Then there’s support so, again, paying for the show is optional, especially if you're new or you only listen occasionally or you can't support the show or you actively choose not to. It’s optional for all those groups, and then when the people that benefit from the most from it support it, it gets to be here for everybody. So, that’s what the support’s about. Then after the support is a long, meandering intro meant to ease you into bedtime, not to put you to sleep but to be a part of your wind-down routine, getting ready for bed, in bed getting comfortable, where we all hang out like a sleepover, and we watch…it's like we're watching something but we're not really paying attention to it. Like, the last thing…I don't know. Or you say, hey, Scoots, could you just talk…?

 

This has actually happened multiple times in my life before the podcast, so I guess I was born to do this. So, it’s like, yeah, just talk to us about nothing. Okay. So, just to have a buffer between being awake and asleep as a part of a wind-down or a bedtime routine…'cause, I don't know, that’s just what works for me personally and what I’ve seen work in the past is having that break and being eased off into dreamland. Now, what else? Oh, the other reason the intro goes on and on and on is to introduce what the podcast is inefficiently, but every intro is new so that it’s familiar but it has variety. Then after the intro will be, again, another request for regular listeners whose lives are changed by the podcast to support the show or support our sponsors, and then we’ll have our episode which will be Windy Marstrap or a character…it's like talking about…a guest here to talk about…for May the Fourth or around May the Fourth. So, yeah, May the Fourth be with you. I’m really glad you're here.

 

I really yearn and strive to help you fall asleep, bring you sleepy joy and delight. So do a bunch of other people that work on the show. Again, I know I say this just 'cause I do need your support; if the podcast changes your life on a regular basis in a good way and you are in a position to support one of these sponsors of the show, you'll change the ability for thousands of other people to get a good night's sleep, and the show will continue to be here for you as well. Thanks.

 

Well, hello everybody. Welcome to May…the May the Fourth Be With You episode of Sleep With Me, though you may not be hearing…May the Fourth be with you wherever you are and whatever day it is. I’ve been lucky enough to communicate with your pod person, Scooter, and occasionally he lets me on the show to do an episode. My name is Windy, Windy. Windy, Windy Marstrap, not…Windy like the wind, not Wendy Marstrap. Though if you call me Wendy Marstrap, it’ll still sound…Windy, Wendy. Windy, Windy Marstrap. I’ll still answer. You could just…you could shout it when you get to my new business I’m dreaming of. I’m dreaming of a new business that we're gonna talk about tonight, maybe. But I guess I should talk a little bit about myself and my best friend, Dewy the dewback. Dewy is here with me. Oh, it’s been a while since I’ve been on the show. I don't know what happened. Scooter kinda forgot about us, huh, Dewy? Eh. Yeah, Dewy is a dewback, my best friend.

 

Some people thought Luke was my best friend or Deke was my best friend. Biggs? Definitely not my best friend. But currently and I guess always, Dewy the…not famous; Dewy’s not…Dewy, you're not famous. Well, now you…you’re a sleep podcast…occasional-guest-on-a-sleep-podcast famous. How’s that feel? Eh. Yeah, thanks, Dewy. So, yeah, Dewy, don't worry, I’m…you don't pet a dewback, but you can pat them and rub them. So, yeah, I’m here with Dewy and it’s been a while since we’ve been on the show. You may be confused. Windy Marstrap; never heard of you. Are you of the Marstraps that make some sort of syrup or something? No, no. I’m from the Star Wars universe. I haven't…and then at some point I met Scooter. He delved into the world. He said, Windy, I love you. I love your…I love Dewy. I love you. I want you on the show. He explained it all to me, and then I didn't understand, then Scooter forgot, then he came back. So, I’ve been on the show a few times.

 

I don't know if I’ve really been on…it's been a while since I’ve been on for May the Fourth. Scooter always says it’s for the May the Fifth episode. I said, okay, May the Fifth; what does any of that mean? I live on…I’m from a planet with two suns. He said, congratulations, two suns. Then he also sends me…I said, no, it’s Windy Marstrap, Scooter. Remember. He said, no, no, my E’s and my I’s look the same. Okay, so, a little backstory about me. I’ve been on the show before, but it’s not often. I’m from the…what you know as the world of Star Wars. We just call it our universe, a long time ago, a galaxy far, far away. But Scooter has…Scooter does not necessarily practice inter-dimensional hygiene. They always talk about sleep hygiene, and Scooter doesn't really talk about on the show 'cause he said, well, that puts a little too much ‘should’ into sleep stuff. It should be more suggestions.

 

Maybe that’s why he thinks these entire…everybody that has…anybody that’s ever been a scientist in the history of multiple universes and timelines would say, Scooter, it’s best if you just stay in your own timeline. He did not believe that, and so, he invented a fanfiction fantasy machine. I don't even have a lot…I didn't really know about it ‘til I started…I said, how many times…how many episodes…? So, I’ve been on two or three or four episodes. What do you have, like, ten episodes? I said, Scooter, are you there? Then I said, how many episodes do you have? Wow. But I’m also very busy, so that’s the other thing of why I haven't been on the show. But I think his fanfiction fantasy machine runs on ticker tape and the ruing of Roose Bolton. I don't even know how that’s still possible, but apparently it is. Scooter…there’s other people that are apparently on the show more often than me, and they even get new names, which…I prefer to stick to Windy Marstrap.

 

Even the other names I’ve been given…I’m Windy Marstrap, a regular person. I don't need to be a big shot like Biggs has always wanted to be. I’m not Luke, you know? It’s just a fact of the matter. I accept that. It may be nice if I was on as much as the blue man, Gregor, Ser Gregor, or Tommen. I mean, Ser Pounce and I are kinda…Ser Pounce has been on more than me, but it’s…Dewy, do you ever feel like you and Ser Pounce should have a show? Eh. No, okay. That makes sense, though I just set Scooter up. I’m sure he’ll get e-mails about that now. What was my point? Oh, that Tommen got a new name. He comes on. This guy Ray, he’s on the show all the time. I guess he’s from the real world? Not the show the Real…oh boy, I start…also, I got all of Scooter’s log-ins. So, I watched Real World, a true story. But what was I gonna say? Well, I just…I’m glad…I guess this is my long-winded way of saying Windy Marstrap is glad to be here with you. Scooter brought me over to record.

 

Well, he brought his stuff over 'cause he’s always…I guess his policy is if he can't find a date in his world…and again, I think it was…Albert Einstein appeared with Carl Jung and they said, no, no, Scooter, no inter-dimensional dating, please. This is a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away from you for a reason. Okay, but it’s so good to be here to talk to you about something that just doesn't…it does get some talk in the Star Wars world, but just not enough in my opinion, and other people’s opinions, too. Oh, 'cause normally I like to run a little travel guide. Scooter said, could you do some research for a new travel guide? I’d like to do it for the May the Fourth be with you. I said, sure. Then when I started doing the research I realized…and when I was watching different shows…there’s a movie called Diner, but then there’s Miles in Transit. He’s a YouTuber about transit. Scooter saw Miles in real…he’s a real person. He’s a human in your world, and Scooter saw Miles in person.

 

He was so…I guess you could say flabbergasted. Maybe that’s not the right word. He was speechless. He just happened to walk out of a hotel in the path of Miles, and then Miles walked by him, and Scooter’s brain said, I think…and then he told his brother, who he was with; that was Miles from Miles in Transit. That was it, a cross with fame. But, you know, Miles and Miles’ friends, who I’ve grown to really love, they like…they eat at diners. So, I guess I had diner on the mind. So, I got distract…and I said, Windy, maybe you should open up a diner out there. If Scooter can have a podcast that puts people to sleep, maybe you could have a diner. Okay, so let me run through the research that brought me to the diner, because…so…'cause Scooter said, you know, couldn't you just…? So, first we looked up some…he said, find me some places nobody talks about. So, we’ll return to Abafar. Also, I don't really…I’m not good with facts or names. I’m just…I’m from Tatooine. I’m just…but we’ll return there.

 

Then we looked up Dxun or something, which is a moon orbiting a planet, Andoran or something, and that has to do with the Mandaborian. I don't know if it was in any of the shows or…'cause I don't…they said…also when Einstein and Jung were there, they said, Windy, let’s talk to you without Scooter listening. They said, whatever you do, don't watch any shows…don’t watch any Star Wars material or any…they said, stay away from sci-fi in general. I said, sure. I don't know what that is, so I said…and they said, well, we’ve…we’ve also…we live inter-dimensionally because…and I said, don't worry about it. I said, what’s your favorite season of Real World? They said, that’s what Scooter has you watching? They crossed their arms. So, I don't know what you may know if you're…so, that was just one of the planets. So, it has to do with the Mandalorians. It has a lot of rainforesty-type thing from your world, and there’s also some sort of non-positive energy there.

 

But one fun fact, though, is that the moon and the planet’s atmospheres connect every once in a while, or overlap. So, if your…if you live in the atmosphere like a bird or some sort of flying being, you could fly from one…there’s a brief period. Then there was Akiva, and that is another human planet — a lot of rain — from back in the days of the clones. I don't know if it was…Scooter said, oh, like in the movie? There was a lot of rain in that. I said, could I show you…? I think they were thinking of…and he said, no, I don't need to know what they think of me. But I said, no, this has to do with droids, Scooter. This is…a lot of droid production was going on. There was a city called Mira that was built into a sinkhole, so that’s…so, these are places that could have diners. I guess I’m sure Mira does have a diner. I don't know how many…I don't think it’s currently in use. Dex…Dxun, Dxun; maybe it’s called Dxun. The silent D and the X sounds like a Z? It could have…maybe it could have a floating diner.

 

I do read, too, so I read the books, Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Maybe this could be a thing, too, like restaurant and the touch…come eat when the atmospheres touch one another. Maybe that could be one of my diners. Windy’s, we call it. No, no, no, Wendy’s…Windy’s. So, then this would be Windy’s Dxun or Andoran..Andoran Dxun. I don't know how often the atmospheres touch one another, but I guess when it…it could be floating, 'cause that planet sounds like it’s kinda tough, anyway. If it has a lot of humidity, it might be nice to come up to a floating diner. Windy's Diner in the Sky; how does that sound? Then whenever that does, we’ll just charge a lot more. You'll need a reservation, so you'll know we're charging…a special menu. Then we’ll serve maybe foods…atmosphere…I don't know. Say, double the atmosphere here on Windy’s, Windy’s. Only this diner, if it’s a chain in the sky…so, that would be fun.

 

So…okay, so maybe I’ll think of diners…this is quite a brainstorm here, Scooter. You're really getting your money’s worth. Dewy…I think for your skin, Dewy, touching multiple atmospheres might be nice, if it’s breathable, right, and you have…you're staying moisturized. Not too much sun. But maybe there’s some sort of deck out there, Dewy. Dewy, what would you feel like if you…I rode you through the restaurant? No. Okay. If Mira’s…oh no, that’s another planet. So, Mira and Akiva is next. Now, I guess this one…yeah, we could have it in the sinkhole, like a vertical…maybe that…I mean, maybe I’m overdoing the floating diners. But it could be like an elevator diner, where it’s going up and down the sinkhole. Maybe time-wise you say, oh, okay, what time does Level 41 get off work or they have lunch? Why don't you have…Level 82 have lunch at a different time? Then they can come eat at Windy’s, the diner that’s always there at lunchtime.

 

I guess we could…that one, maybe we could build it out of deactivated droid parts? I don't know. That might be nice. That could be fun. We could send adventures. We could say, free beverage with a droid part, or a free dessert. Bring in a droid part over a certain grams…one-gram droid parts, free beverage, free non-fermented…free beverage from this list of beverages, free…well, I don't know if we should get into blue milk. Holy moly. Scooter really stirred up the whole blue milk thing in the fictional…that was another thing. They even called in Freud for that. They said, Freud, get over here. This is Windy Marstrap. He said, Windy Marstrap, are you familiar…? I said, no, no, Windy Marstrap. Not Wendy Marstrap. Windy Marstrap. But basically, after that it was…we did great together. But they were talking about this whole blue milk thing Scooter stirred up. Well, maybe I’ll talk about it for the diner, 'cause I do have…I can make a…Windy, Windy’s, a positive spin on diners.

 

Maybe a spinning diner…maybe that could be the thing for Mira and Akiva. Okay, now Menon was another one Scooter said to look into. Now, this is a ocean planet with floating cities. Now, this one…now, I’m picturing this one…I don't know if there was any spas there, right, but apparently this planet…before bacta, so BB…before bacta era, like BBE — which that’s not a era anybody keeps track of but they should — there was another fluid that’s good for you. You say, you got a cup? Put some kolto on it. Not cold toe, Freud. Kolto. Again, I have no idea of any of this stuff, but that was pre-bacta. I said, oh, it’ll clear it right up. Apparently not as fact as bacta, which you take a bath in. Holy…you wouldn't…on Tatooine you don't even…you say, what do I bother with a bath for? If I’m covered in dirt, I’m gonna be covered in dirt later, too. But I’m picturing…well, maybe we could have…I’d have to look into this, but a spa menu at this one.

 

Floating city…I mean, maybe we’d call…I said…Scooter was telling me about le bag, which was just a bag, but then they put ‘le’ in front of it. L-E, not L-A-Y. This was back when he was a youth. So, a long time ago, galaxy far, far away. So, we call it Le Diner. But I don't know…a spa menu really at a diner…I’d have to learn more about this. I do have a little bit more. Okay, then we have Zeltros, which is…and maybe we even talked about this planet. Or, we’ve talked about the Hutts before, how much…great they are. How great those Hutts…I’m contractually obligated to…I’m not…I may or may not be contractually obligated by the Hutts to say that. How great art thou Hutts? But this is a planet with a lot of fun, a lot of enjoyment, and I guess the Zeltrons are…they're very empathetic and very phermonic? I don't know if that’s a term in your world, but they may emit pheromones that help put people at ease and put them in a good mood.

 

I don't know, did this…was this something I’ve seen before? I think Scooter was the one telling me about this. Was Jack Black…? Oh boy, is…I wish he was on the Real World before he was Jack Black, you know? He would be…he could have been an interesting character. I don't know what he’s really like, right? But he was…Scooter did tell me when he was…I said, maybe that’s where Jack Black was. I said, okay, School of Rock Jack Black? So…okay, what was my point? Is…okay, so that’s this planet. It’s very…now, when Scooter and I were discussing this, he said, okay…he goes…he told me about Las Vegas and how many diners were there and how much…now, this is a interesting behind-the-scenes with Scooter; now, Scooter will go to a diner occasionally for breakfast nowadays, or lunch or dinner, but he used to love to go to a diner late at night. He was a big diner-goer when he was in his cups, he said.

 

Oh boy, like four, five, two, three, four, five, six, seven…especially in these cities that were 24-hour-a-day cities; New York, Las Vegas, Reno. He said, Reno, I like saying that. It’s like saying no…instead of repeating ‘no’, I just say, Reno, Reno. I’m not saying it again, Scooter. He said, I never thought about that. But so, he would eat at diners late at night. But he said Las Vegas was…he said, well, it’s kinda similar to diners. Most places have a coffee shop, which is almost…similar…not for fancy coffee, but like a diner that’s open twenty-four hours a day. So, this would be a good place for a diner. Scooter said lots of neon. He was like, that was a natural fit. But the one place I definitely…I think…so, we covered all those diners, but there was already a diner in existence in our first place, and that was Abafar or Abafar. That’s in the Outer Rim, which you say, okay, perfect for me. You know where I’m most comfortable? Is in the Outer Rim. You know where you should put me, Windy Marstrap?

 

In the Outer…Biggs would…he always thought he was Mr. Inner Rim or what…I don't know what they call it. He’d say, power to Outer Rim sometimes under his breath or loud enough so I could hear it. But, yeah, so, not a big fan of Biggs. I think there was another…was there another Biggs? Scooter was confused, but he said, don't say anything bad about Biggs, 'cause…in case people think it’s the Biggs from the other show. I said, wait a second, Biggs has a show? He said, no, no. He still…he maybe mentioned about the Kessel Run or something else. I said, Kessel? What’s a Kessel? But I said, Scooter, can I just do my own show? He said, sure, occasionally. Then I said, look at Dewy, how sad Dewy looks at that way you're talking. He said, Windy, you have full creative control before we edit the episode. I said, okay. So…okay, so, Abafar; this came up in…it's way out there. It doesn't have…it is mostly for mining, and it’s famous for a famous clone person. A clone person worked there on a diner.

 

That’s where I said, wait a second, there’s a diner? It’s called…now, this is kinda funny; I guess this is all on the show? I don't know. But this…oddly enough, Captain Gregor, but not the Gregor from Sleep With Me. The Gregor. He’s called The Gregor now. He once was Ser Gregor, then he became the Blue Man, but not from the Blue Man Group. Also a scene I like. That Arrested Development is funny. It’s a funny show. I imagine that Tobias and Scooter, you wouldn't be able to tell them…you say, okay, is that Scooter or Tobias Funke or whatever? That just made me…Blue Man made me think of that. Okay, but so, Captain Gregor used to be a dishwasher at a diner called…now, this is gonna be slightly confusing, but don't worry, we’ll work with it for all of you. It’s called Power Sliders, but the P in the sign never works, so it’s Ower Sliders, O-W-E-R. So, I could be like, hey, welcome to Ower Sliders. Now, what…so, this is the idea. I just had it, just right in this moment. Scooter said, I could do this. Now, what if…?

 

Now, true story; a man named Windy Marstrap inherits a diner and runs a diner, and then some number of strangers come together to work at the diner for Windy. Then at night they gotta…and maybe Windy lives with them, too, and Dewy the dewback. But they work at the diner making sure it’s the greatest diner that’s ever existed. It’s called Ower…maybe it’s called Ower Sliders, though I might change it to Windy’s. I like Windy’s. Windy's Diner, you know? They say, Wendy’s Diner? No, Windy's Diner, Windy's Diner. Windy's Diner. Windy’s. Yeah, yeah, the diner, diner. It used to be…and this is okay with me, believe it or not, but traditionally when a restaurant, especially a diner, changes names, people still use the old name. That could be a thing. It wouldn't really bother me because…would it bother me? I don't know. I guess I’d have to see. But if it was named Power Sliders…maybe we even kept that sign. But it’s really called Windy's Diner now. Windy's Diner.

 

But people say, oh yeah, I’ll meet you at Power Sliders. Ower Sliders? Oh yeah. It’s still there? Yeah. This former vagabond…you remember the guy…you remember Biggs? Never heard of him. Okay, well, this guy’s great. Windy is his name. There’s a dewback in the restaurant, occasionally. Totally hygienic. Don't worry about it. Wait a second, there’s a dewback just walking around a diner? No, no. Forget I said…that was an idea. There’s many pictures of a beautiful dewback named Dewy, and depending on the weather, we’ll figure…I don't know, I couldn't go to work without Dewy. So, I don't know about that. But so, I guess we would have…so, that would be my diner. Out there I would taking over an existing diner. It already has a name. Now, I would redo the menu, obviously, and then it would be interesting if there was…what do you call it? People from the Real World on there. The Real World…Windy’s Real World. I guess the…but I don't know. I guess I just really like that show.

 

Maybe I wouldn't like it if it was in my own diner. Also a lot…Scooter said…he said…he just handed me a note; most people don't know what that is, so…okay, so, obviously we’d have…need two new menu items. Now, one of the things during my research was like, you in your world, sliders are a particular thing. I think we could…but Power Sliders…sliders at Power Sliders were different, right, because this planet’s a little bit different. But I guess if we're…so, I was thinking we could have Power Sliders, Ower Sliders, and then also Scooter said, huh, it makes me think of the castle. So, we could have Castle Whites, which is a slider from Scooter’s…I think when he does episodes for you, sometimes he walks there. But so, the Power Slider, I think…we were thinking about…well, so, because Ser Gregor…something that’s gonna give you power, right? Something that is…so, we’d have something that’s nutrient delicious, right?

 

So, I guess if you went there from your world…I mean, it could be a new thing. People are like, ooh, these sliders are delicious and they have three different ones; the Castle White Slider, which would be…those would be the thinner ones with just the bun and steamed in onion. Scooter said, those are…ketchup and mustard, but you could do that optional, cheese optional. But then the Power Slider would be a little bit bigger, or maybe we do four. But I really want that to be our signature menu item that delivers…that actually delivers on the promise. So, some sort of protein that’s delicious and gives you that, maybe the bun…delicious first…I don't know if we’ll find a local bakery there, or we’ll work on that, right? Maybe a couple other things, then we could have the Power Slider Platter. To make sure…particularly there, if people are working, whether they come in…I guess we could have a breakfast version, right?

 

That one would have some sort of eggs and a sausage or some sort of breakfast protein and cheese again. Power Slider Breakfast, Power Slider Lunch and Dinner. Okay. Then…so, I think we got that one figured out. That would be the best…that would be the one that most people come in and order. So, we’d really have to work at getting that good. Then for the…Scooter required me to have the castle one. But people might like that. Maybe that could be on our late-night menu if we're gonna be open twenty-four hours a day. Like, only after 7:00 p.m. can you get the Castle Light Sliders. So, that would be the Power Slider, right? Something. I guess, yeah, we have breakfast and a dinner version. But that would be the…we’d really have to get it right, so we’d really have to figure that out. Then the Ower Slider, which is just power without the P…now, what would we do with that? I think there should also be a appealing one. Maybe it’s…Scooter was talking to me about secret menus.

 

So, we’d have…maybe that could be on the secret menu. If you order the Ower Slider, what would that be? ‘Cause Ower, it also considers…sounds like time, it sounds like together we make this. So, maybe we take some other…so, it’s like a double protein. Ower Sliders…we really have…maybe we need some…dude, maybe we need something from our hometown or something, or maybe it could just be a double order, but when you make a double order you get two extra. So, let’s imagine that you get four with a regular order, right? Then you get four with another regular order. So, you would get eight if you just said, give me two orders of Power Sliders. You get…instead you get ten for the price of eight. I think that might be not a bad…so, it’s like, if people are together, they say, oh, these are Ower Sliders, and we get five each. Yeah, I think that’s a decent…maybe that’s a decent idea. But we don't have it on the menu. It’s only if you order it.

 

Oh yeah, Scooter and I, we’ll have the Ower Sliders, the Ower Sliders. Okay, you got…one order. Now, then I think we should have the originals. We’ll just call them…we won't call them sliders because sliders in this world were not what you as people from Earth or whatever would have. So, we would have that as a original menu item. Again, just in case, these people say, what do you mean you don't sell…? Oh, we do; we just call them Original Power, Original Ower. So, oh boy, by the way, it’s a secret menu item. You could get extra ones. Now, Scooter did tell me, well, listen, Windy, what if this diner’s out there far in the…? He goes, you may have to get more creative with what you're doing, because what if you just can't get these fresh ingredients shipped? I said, well, we have a way to do that, Scooter, because the other big menu item we have, thanks to you, is the drink items.

 

Because I guess they never listened to Scooter when he try…he said to the…for some reason I guess…apparently on Earth there’s some sort of fancy beverage that tasted real good that was based on something. Then somebody was like, well, we’ll make a blue milk, and this will be an incredibly…but for entertainment they would make blue milk, or for entertainment consumption. What do I mean by enter…? When you go to the…watch the movies…I was watching one of the Real Worlds, I think, or maybe it was another show. They would go to watch these movies, which we kinda have something similar. I can't talk about it. But project…you know, communal enjoyment. But you would eat this thing called popcorn, right? It was something you were eating but it was also a part of entertainment. But I guess that’s not a good example. But anyway, we have blue milk, and apparently someone in your world said, okay, well, this will be good for, oh, pretending you're in Star Wars.

 

Oh, if you pretended you were in Star Wars, what would you want? Well, I’d want to drive the Kessel Run, I’d like to do this, that, and I’d like to drink some blue milk. Now, unfortunately what happened was it didn't end up tasting…and according to Scooter, this is not fair. Scooter says, there’s a lot of things that aren't fair, and it’s a tough thing, but if you're gonna make something, it has to taste…and he said, this is the way I should look at it for the diner, that it should taste unbelievably delicious. Scooter said, it’s just not…that’s just the way it is. The uniqueness, if there’s any repeatability…but I guess they were like, well, we’ll just charge for it. It doesn't have to be repeated. It’ll just be a one…and then I guess they made a green milk. But Scooter said, listen, let me do you a favor. Let me help you out with this, 'cause it has to be unbelievably delicious, almost like a milkshake, but like something that’s just so delicious, once you drink it, you gotta tell somebody about it.

 

They stopped taking his calls, obviously, a millennia ago. But he said, okay, so we should…you should have new blue milk. So, you have your blue milk, right? It might be working for you, but it should be working…he goes, I think you understand. I think I’m explaining it, right? So, you have your blue milk. It’s like, eh, okay, it’s drinkable. Again, everybody’s got a different taste palate or whatever. But there are things that a general large seven, eight, nine out of ten people say, holy moly, versus just a few people saying, oh, that’s…you know, okay, or one or two people saying holy moly. I mean, that’s the reaction we're looking at. The most things at Windy…or Windy’s will be standard, acceptable menu items for our clientele based on geographic location. Okay, but the blue milk thing, that’s gonna be…we're gonna place ourselves in the center of this blue milk controversy, 'cause Scooter created a whole imaginary thing.

 

I mean, if you're gonna…I guess like Freud and them said, don't mess…but if you are gonna be messing with things interdimensionally, you might as well swing big, Scooter, which Scooter did, but he’s also putting people to sleep. So, I guess that’s why he can swing big. But so, his idea, which I do like, is that there’s new blue milk and then there’s blue milk. But I guess when…in Scooter’s world when they tried to do this with something called cola…like, they had cola and then they said, well, this cola’s pretty good, but we think we can make something that tastes better, so we're gonna come out with it and we're gonna call it…I think they were like, don't worry, we got a new version of this cola coming out. Then they didn't realize that it was kind of a staple of people’s flavor profile. So, they were changing something without being additive, and it didn't work out. So…okay, so, now Scooter’s like, I wish I was in a time machine so I could have both, 'cause I guess apparently both tasted good.

 

In this case, the blue milk…again, we're not pointing fingers. We're just saying generally it’s perceived as…yeah, like, both these colas, apparently, were good. It was just that they were different from one another. But again, we're not in that situation with this particular example of blue milk. Now, in my world, blue milk is supposed to taste a certain way. So, this is gonna be the other interesting thing, 'cause you gonna have new blue milk and then you’re gonna have new new blue milk. Now, we could play with the spelling of these things. We could call it Windy’s New Blue Milk, and then…okay, so, Scooter’s thing was that okay, why don't you just admit that this blue milk didn't taste so great and make a story based on it and make it fun?

 

So, there’s blue milk which is now…which everybody that was in Luke’s…Luke, Han, Leia, the…would become the New Republic, I think, that they said, oh, that new blue milk is actually the galactic people, and we're gonna sell our own blue milk, new new blue milk, or…I’m making it more confusing 'cause I guess Scooter said, when…? You’re just as good as me at that. But so, you would have…okay, so let’s go back to the diner, right? ‘Cause I’m make…I’m explaining what Scooter tried to explain, which won't make sense, 'cause again, these will be regional diners. So, we will have to think about this. But we will have a new blue milk that tastes…that’s based on what scooter’s promising. So, I guess he’s gonna have to figure out the recipe…that it tastes unbelievably delicious, then we’ll have a new blue milkshake, then we’ll have original blue milk that people know about, right? They’ll be like, what’s this new blue milk? Now, here’s…we’ll give out tiny samples.

 

But first we’ll make them try the original new blue milk — it’ll be a fun thing; I think this can be a fun thing — which will taste like the one Scooter’s talking about. ‘Cause Scooter said, will it be a competition between the Empire and the Rebellion, of like, hey, who sells more blue milk? Almost like they're side…like street theatre, he said. Or that there’s a speakeasy where you could get the real blue milk from. Anyway, the words we’ll figure out, but we will serve…so, you could get…first, when you sit down at Windy’s, we’ll say, hey, welcome to Windy’s. By the way, Windy wants you to have a couple samples we got coming your way. They’ll say, samples? I say, well, Windy…we could have a whole backstory. I don't know how long it’d take. Then it’ll have the first blue milk, which will taste like…it’ll just be a sip. Can we get you any beverages…? Oh, okay, what’d you think of that? Eh, it’s…some people might say, oh, I love it. Oh, okay, by the way, you could buy a whole glass of it.

 

I realize it’s confusing with the blue milk you're used to, but Windy travels…he has friends beyond our world, and so…from afar. Well, why don't you call it other than…something other than blue milk? It’s really confusing. Well, I don't know if they…actually, I’m so confused with…I don't know if they call it blue milk in our world. It just is blue milk. I mean, I guess to make it even more confusing…but we could change the color a little bit. But basically then they would taste the delicious one and be like, oh wow, I gotta have this one. I’d say, oh, okay, or you could have it for dessert later. We recommend the blue milk milkshake or the blue…this version of it. Or blue…'cause Scooter told me about this blueberry pie. We have something similar, bloom, bloom bloomberries pie. A la blue [mumbles] la mode. So, it’d be like a blue milk ice cream or cream on a blueberry pie. Yeah, I guess we’d have to taste the blue milk to double check that it would go with it.

 

‘Cause I don't think you want the blue milk tasting like blueberry. Maybe. I don't know what your world’s favorite…we’d figure out the favorite flavor profiles in our world. Then with the rest of the menu, we would just…I would like to do it like…oh, I forgot about the most important thing. So, the Dishwasher's Platter; that would be another secret menu item that you could order. I don't know, if it’s popular we could put it on the menu, but I think it would be…at this point, thinking about our…Scooter pitched me based on what he would buy at the castle…the slider place he goes to. I said, okay, Scooter. That does sound like something someone that has to go out in the world would eat. So, you'd have four sliders, Power Sliders, I guess, then Scooter said these things; chicken with cheese. He said, maybe two of those, which are a different kind of protein, crispy protein with cheese on them. Then chicken rings, he said. But he said, by the way, I think they changed the recipe.

 

I said, okay, take it easy, Scooter, okay? I said, a chicken with chicken rings…I think we would do that differently, maybe make it some sort of vegetable or tuber ring. But I can see adding the…then also fries come with that, which is a tuber, so maybe not a tuber ring, but something similar. Then a blue milkshake, obviously. They say, if you're really going out there in the world, you gotta get the Dishwasher's Platter. Then we’d figure out some way to make it funny. I don't know what that would be, though. ‘Cause at first I thought a soapy glass of something, but then Scooter said, no, no, no. I said, okay, I mean, we could put it in a fake sink, like deliver it in…like instead of…it's like a bowl but it’s a sink. It’s a square bowl with a flat bottom. That’s the Dishwasher’s…oh, what’s that person got? Oh, it’s a secret item. Are you with the Galactic…? Oh yeah, I am. Oh, good, 'cause it’s called the Dishwasher's Platter. Are you with…?

 

No, no, I’m with the Rebel…oh, yeah, yeah. It’s the Dishwasher's Platter. Go ahead and order it. So, that would be the next…and then I want to name menu items…like, would be the Biggs…be like, okay, you gotta leave. I’m sorry, you're not…we don't serve the Biggs here. I’m kidding, I’m kidding. I’m bigger than that, right? So, we could name stuff after my friends. No dewback? We don't serve…? No, we don't…we serve dewbacks in the back room. We have a back room for dew…if you want us to feed your dewback, but we don't serve dewback. We serve to dewbacks. I mean, I serve my…I serve Dewy. I love Dewy. Dewy’s my companion. You never…you really haven't loved ‘til you've loved a dewback as a friend or as a human…I’m like a human, I guess. Dewy is like a dewback, which is different than your world. ‘Cause Scooter’s like, how can you have a close, intimate connection to a cold-based being? I said, did you just call Dewy a cold-based being? He said, circulatorally.

 

I said, Scooter, you don't even have the beginnings of…and then I said, go ahead and pat Dewy and rub Dewy. Then Dewy took a liking to Scooter in the way most people do. It takes two or three times. Yeah. So anyway, that’s my idea for Windy’s…Windy’s…by the way, Windy's Diner. Yeah, it’ll be…maybe those could be the ones we start out with. Home of the blue milk controversy, we could say, that’s…giant megacorps passed over on. Say, Scooter, you just gave this idea away? He said, well, I don't know if anybody knew about it either, but…I said, I love saying new blue milk. I think that’s a very…hey Stella, give me three new blue milks, NBMs, and three orders…so, I think…and yeah, we can have an extensive diner menu. I think I was talking about Scooter’s diner habits. He does order the same thing at every diner for lunch or dinner unless there’s extenuating circumstances, which for him is a patty melt. He said, that’s usually pretty standard. They know…they consistently make it.

 

He’s a big fan of rye bread and caramelized onions. He said, yeah, there’s some regional differences. Some people like to put Thousand Islands dressing on it. He says he’s not…says no to that. He said there’s some changes in the cheeses or the style of rye. He goes, yeah, some places may try to do a sourdough or some…he goes, or just American cheese, which he kinda frowned at. So, I think his perfect one is Swiss cheese, real rye, and protein patties. So, we’ll have that on the menu, too. We could call it The Scooter, and then maybe we could name…I could name stuff off…not just from my world…but I forget what Miles likes to eat. He does get a few different things. Normally…some people order breakfast. Anyway, I guess I’m supposed to wrap up here. I’m glad to be back. May the…and we could say that. At least when someone from your world comes in, we could say, May the Fourth be with you, no matter what day it is. We could say, ha, ha, ha, welcome to Ower Sliders.

 

Dishwashers out. Maybe it hints like that about the secret menu. Welcome to Ower Sliders. May the Fourth be with you. They say, I thought this place was called Windy’s. No, Windy’s, Windy’s. It’s Windy's Diner, the only diner that I know of that serves new blue milk. Oh, I grew up drinking it. I never called it blue milk, though. We called it yak’s delight. So, yeah, you have it? Is it…? No, this is different. It’s…don't worry, we have samples coming. So, I’m Windy Marstrap with your occasionally but maybe regularly from…annually would be nice, Scooter. May the Fourth be with you. Goodnight, everybody.

 

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History of Woodwind Instruments

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Miles in Transit

https://www.34st.com/article/2024/08/miles-in-transit-public-transportation-amtrak-youtube-vlog-blog

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news-all-day/2025/12/19/transit-youtubers-make-longest-possible-trip-with-metrocard

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2-friends-travel-1400-miles-public-transit-mexico-124285895

 

Diner movie

https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/barry-levinson-kevin-bacon-steve-guttenberg-give-history-of-movie-diner/

https://www.tcm.com/articles/615740/behind-the-camera-diner

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The Real World

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/how-the-real-world-created-modern-reality-tv

https://www.avclub.com/the-real-world-this-is-the-true-story-1798169103

https://popdaze.com/television/mtvs-the-real-world-the-original-reality-show/

 

DOWN TO BUSINESS

Boys the Girls

Whatever day it may be

May you feel some sleepy joy and delight in the deep dark night

The only tertiary Star Wars character that lives in a world of parody and satire

Talking about diners (maybe from Star Wars)

PLUGS

Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Emily Tat Artwork; Crisis Textline

 

SPONSORS

Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Coyuchi

 

INTRO

Thoughts that are going on under the surface

I’m feeling somethin’

I am really glad you’re here

You’re not alone, I promise

I don’t want to toot any horns

Other people shoulding you

Sending you well wishes across the world

I wind down on the floor

Enjoying each other’s good company in an indirect way

Everyone deserves a bedtime they don’t have to dread

At least you’ve got that not bad podcast

Full of Foibles

And, oh boy, am I fallible

We’re kind of flippant-friendly

My inner Nana speaks to my foibles

If I saw the word “foible”, I’d give it a hug

I don’t even know if that’s alliterative

What does “fungible” mean?

Fungible Foibles, a store

It’s normal to find this show off-putting at first

I do know the word “vocabulary”

Always Going Nowhere

Talking about Star Wars diners…kind of

sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou

Nice warm water passing through your toes

A summer breeze that’s neither warm nor cool

Mediocre Breeze, a woodwind band

The bad side of breeze

A middle school woodwind and brass orchestra

What was that lozenge ad with big horns?

Meaty Ochre Breeze, my new stage name

What was my point?

All breezes should be paid attention to fully

Breezes, please, I don’t need you blowing in my face

The bad side of non-phenomenons

Am I equivocating right now?

There is no pressure to fall asleep

I’m just here to be your borefriend

The iconic moment of carrying a stack of wrapped gifts across Manhattan, avoiding puddles

A Spokesperson for Breezes 

Explaining the show structure

I guess I was born to do this

Windy Marstrap talking about diners for May the Fourth

 

STORY

Windy Marstrap here

May the Fourth be with you, whatever day it is

Windy, not Wendy

Dreaming of a new business

Dewey the Dewback is also here

You can rub a Dewback but not pat it

I’m from the Star Wars universe

Scooter forgets about us periodically

I don’t know what May the 5th means

I just call it my universe, though

Scooter doesn’t practice interdimensional hygiene

The Fan Fiction Fantasy Machine

How many episodes do you have, Scooter??

The FFMM runs on ticker tape and the ruing of Roose Bolton

I’m just Windy Marstrap, regular person

Other people are on the show a lot more often than me

I got all of Scooter’s logins, so I started watching The Real World

No interdimensional dating please, Scooter

I like to run a little travel guide

Scooter saw the influencer Miles In Transit, and Scooter was stunned

A cross with fame

Diners on my mind

Maybe Windy should open a diner

Diner research

Some places that no one talks about

I’m not good at facts or names, btw

We looked up something to do with Mandaborian

Einstein and Jung encouraged me to not watch any sci-fi at all

Sometimes the moon and planet’s atmosphere overlap

Akiva from back in the Clone days

A lot of droid production going on

Places that could have diners

Windy’s, Zun

Windy’s, Onderon

Scooter, you’re really getting your money’s worth here

Touching multiple atmospheres could be good for Dewey’s skin

An elevator diner going up and down the sinkhole

Each level could have lunch at Windy’s at a different time

Windy’s: The Diner that’s always there at lunchtime

Free beverage with a droid part of a certain size

We can’t get into blue milk, holy moly

Scooter really stirred stuff up when he mentioned blue milk

They even had to pull Freud in for that one

Windy’s positive spin on a spinning diner

Manaan – an ocean planet with floating cities

Does this planet have spas

Pre-Bacta

A spa menu might be good for the floating city

Scooter was telling me about Le Bag

Zeltros

How great those Hutts!

I am contractually obligated to say that

Lots of fun and lots of enjoyment

Zeltrons make pheromones to relax people

I wish Jack Black had been on The Real World

Scooter told me about some Las Vegas diners

Scooter used to love to go to late-night diners when he was in his cups

I like saying “Reno”

Lots of neon, a natural fit

Abafar, a diner in the Outer Rim

I’m most comfortable in the Outer Rim

Is there a Biggs AND a Bix?

What’s a Kessel Run?

Scooter, can I just do my own show?

Scooter cedes full creative control

A place for mining

Famous for a famous clone person that worked there

Oddly enough, it’s called Captain Gregor (not that Gregor)

Captain Gregor used to be a dishwasher at a diner named (P)ower Sliders

Now what if…

Windy Marstrap inherits a diner, and some number of strangers come to work for Windy

And they all live together too

I like Windy’s more than Ower Sliders

Windy’s, not Wendy’s

Even when a diner changes names, people still use the old name

This former vagabond took over the diner with his dewback

The dewback is totally hygienic

Or wait, there’s many pictures of a beautiful dewback named Dewey

Wait, I don’t want to do this if Dewey can’t be there

Okay, that’s one option: I take over an existing diner and redo the menu

Windy’s Real World

In your world, power sliders are a very specific thing

Power Sliders remind me of the Castle (White)

3 kinds of sliders

Castlewhite Slider, cheese optional

The Power Slider (a little bigger. Our signature menu item)

Power Slider Platter

Or maybe a breakfast version

The castle one is mostly for Scooter

Or it could be a late-night-only option

Now, what would be the Ower Slider

Scooter’s told me about secret menus

Ten for the price of eight

Sourcing fresh ingredients

The drink items

Explaining blue milk

Entertainment Consumption

The foods you enjoy at communal enjoyment events

Such as popcorn

Blue milk is great for pretending you’re in Star Wars

Unfortunately, it ended up tasting not great

If you’re gonna create something, it has to be unbelievably delicious

That’s our goal

New Blue Milk

We’re hoping that people react with a, “Holy Moly!”

Placing ourselves at the center of the blue milk controversy

Explaining the Cola Wars

In my world, blue milk is supposed to taste a certain way

New New Blue Milk

Scooter thinks people should embrace that blue milk wasn’t good

New Blue Milk Shake

Original New Blue Milk

We’ll give out samples and do a taste test of blue milks

We can even frame it as a competition between Empire and Rebellion

Almost like street theatre

We have Bloomberry Pie

A Blue MIlk Ice Cream Berry Pie

We’ll figure out the flavor profile

Oh, I forgot about an important thing

The Dishwasher’s Platter, a secret menu item

4 power sliders, 2 chicken with cheeses, chicken rings (or a tuber ring), fries, and a blue milkshake

What if we deliver it in a fake cardboard sink?

We don’t serve dewback, but we do do serve dewbacks

An intimate connection to a cold-based being

Be careful how you talk about Dewey, Scooter

So that’s my idea for Windy’s Diner

Scooter’s diner order

A patty melt

He loves rye bread and caramelized onions

But he doesn’t like thousand island dressing

His perfect patty melt: swiss cheese, real rye, and protein patties

I’m glad to be back

May the Fourth be with you, and goodnight

 

SUMMARY:

Episode: 1440

Title: Windy's Diner | May the Fourth Be With You

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

Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Coyuchi

Notable Language:

• Shoulding
• Full of Foibles
• Foible-Friendly
• Fungible
• Always Going Nowhere
• Mediocre Breeze
• Meaty Ochre Breeze
• The bad side of non-phenomenons
• Interdimensional Hygiene
• The Fan Fiction Fantasy Machine
• Pre-Bacta
• How great those Hutts!
• Ower Slider
• Entertainment Consumption
• New New Blue Milk
• The Cola Wars
• Bloomberry pie
• The Dishwasher’s Platter
• Tuber Rings
• Cold-Based Being (CBB)
•  

 

Notable Culture:

• • Fungible Foibles, a store

• Star Wars

• • sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
  • Mediocre Breeze, a woodwind band
  • Ricola
  • May the Fourth
  • Roose Bolton / Game of Thrones

• The Real World

• • Albert Einstein
  • Carl Jung

• Diner movie

• • Miles In Transit YouTube channel

• The Mandalorian

• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

• • Le Bag
  • Jack Black
  • Las Vegas
  • Reno
  • Blue Man Group

• Arrested Development

• Wendy’s
• Windy’s Real World
• Whitecastle
•  

 

Notable Talking Points:

• Thoughts that are going on under the surface
• I’m feeling somethin’
• I am really glad you’re here
• You’re not alone, I promise
• I don’t want to toot any horns
• Other people shoulding you
• Sending you well wishes across the world
• I wind down on the floor
• Enjoying each other’s good company in an indirect way
• Everyone deserves a bedtime they don’t have to dread
• At least you’ve got that not bad podcast
• Full of Foibles
• And, oh boy, am I fallible
• We’re kind of flippant-friendly
• My inner Nana speaks to my foibles
• If I saw the word “foible”, I’d give it a hug
• I don’t even know if that’s alliterative
• What does “fungible” mean?
• Fungible Foibles, a store
• It’s normal to find this show off-putting at first
• I do know the word “vocabulary”
• Always Going Nowhere
• Talking about Star Wars diners…kind of
• sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
• Nice warm water passing through your toes
• A summer breeze that’s neither warm nor cool
• Mediocre Breeze, a woodwind band
• The bad side of breeze
• A middle school woodwind and brass orchestra
• What was that lozenge ad with big horns?
• Meaty Ochre Breeze, my new stage name
• What was my point?
• All breezes should be paid attention to fully
• Breezes, please, I don’t need you blowing in my face
• The bad side of non-phenomenons
• Am I equivocating right now?
• There is no pressure to fall asleep
• I’m just here to be your borefriend
• The iconic moment of carrying a stack of wrapped gifts across Manhattan, avoiding puddles
• A Spokesperson for Breezes 
• Explaining the show structure
• I guess I was born to do this
• Windy Marstrap talking about diners for May the Fourth
• Windy Marstrap here
• May the Fourth be with you, whatever day it is
• Windy, not Wendy
• Dreaming of a new business
• Dewey the Dewback is also here
• You can rub a Dewback but not pat it
• I’m from the Star Wars universe
• Scooter forgets about us periodically
• I don’t know what May the 5th means
• I just call it my universe, though
• Scooter doesn’t practice interdimensional hygiene
• The Fan Fiction Fantasy Machine
• How many episodes do you have, Scooter??
• The FFMM runs on ticker tape and the ruing of Roose Bolton
• I’m just Windy Marstrap, regular person
• Other people are on the show a lot more often than me
• I got all of Scooter’s logins, so I started watching The Real World
• No interdimensional dating please, Scooter
• I like to run a little travel guide
• Scooter saw the influencer Miles In Transit, and Scooter was stunned
• A cross with fame
• Diners on my mind
• Maybe Windy should open a diner
• Diner research
• Some places that no one talks about
• I’m not good at facts or names, btw
• We looked up something to do with Mandaborian
• Einstein and Jung encouraged me to not watch any sci-fi at all
• Sometimes the moon and planet’s atmosphere overlap
• Akiva from back in the Clone days
• A lot of droid production going on
• Places that could have diners
• Windy’s, Zun
• Windy’s, Onderon
• Scooter, you’re really getting your money’s worth here
• Touching multiple atmospheres could be good for Dewey’s skin
• An elevator diner going up and down the sinkhole
• Each level could have lunch at Windy’s at a different time
• Windy’s: The Diner that’s always there at lunchtime
• Free beverage with a droid part of a certain size
• We can’t get into blue milk, holy moly
• Scooter really stirred stuff up when he mentioned blue milk
• They even had to pull Freud in for that one
• Windy’s positive spin on a spinning diner
• Manaan – an ocean planet with floating cities
• Does this planet have spas
• Pre-Bacta
• A spa menu might be good for the floating city
• Scooter was telling me about Le Bag
• Zeltros
• How great those Hutts!
• I am contractually obligated to say that
• Lots of fun and lots of enjoyment
• Zeltrons make pheromones to relax people
• I wish Jack Black had been on The Real World
• Scooter told me about some Las Vegas diners
• Scooter used to love to go to late-night diners when he was in his cups
• I like saying “Reno”
• Lots of neon, a natural fit
• Abafar, a diner in the Outer Rim
• I’m most comfortable in the Outer Rim
• Is there a Biggs AND a Bix?
• What’s a Kessel Run?
• Scooter, can I just do my own show?
• Scooter cedes full creative control
• A place for mining
• Famous for a famous clone person that worked there
• Oddly enough, it’s called Captain Gregor (not that Gregor)
• Captain Gregor used to be a dishwasher at a diner named (P)ower Sliders
• Now what if…
• Windy Marstrap inherits a diner, and some number of strangers come to work for Windy
• And they all live together too
• I like Windy’s more than Ower Sliders
• Windy’s, not Wendy’s
• Even when a diner changes names, people still use the old name
• This former vagabond took over the diner with his dewback
• The dewback is totally hygienic
• Or wait, there’s many pictures of a beautiful dewback named Dewey
• Wait, I don’t want to do this if Dewey can’t be there
• Okay, that’s one option: I take over an existing diner and redo the menu
• Windy’s Real World
• In your world, power sliders are a very specific thing
• Power Sliders remind me of the Castle (White)
• 3 kinds of sliders
• Castlewhite Slider, cheese optional
• The Power Slider (a little bigger. Our signature menu item)
• Power Slider Platter
• Or maybe a breakfast version
• The castle one is mostly for Scooter
• Or it could be a late-night-only option
• Now, what would be the Ower Slider
• Scooter’s told me about secret menus
• Ten for the price of eight
• Sourcing fresh ingredients
• The drink items
• Explaining blue milk
• Entertainment Consumption
•  
• The foods you enjoy at communal enjoyment events
• Such as popcorn
• Blue milk is great for pretending you’re in Star Wars
• Unfortunately, it ended up tasting not great
• If you’re gonna create something, it has to be unbelievably delicious
• That’s our goal
• New Blue Milk
• We’re hoping that people react with a, “Holy Moly!”
• Placing ourselves at the center of the blue milk controversy
• Explaining the Cola Wars
• In my world, blue milk is supposed to taste a certain way
• New New Blue Milk
• Scooter thinks people should embrace that blue milk wasn’t good
• New Blue Milk Shake
• Original New Blue Milk
• We’ll give out samples and do a taste test of blue milks
• We can even frame it as a competition between Empire and Rebellion
• Almost like street theatre
• We have Bloomberry Pie
• A Blue MIlk Ice Cream Berry Pie
• We’ll figure out the flavor profile
• Oh, I forgot about an important thing
• The Dishwasher’s Platter, a secret menu item
• 4 power sliders, 2 chicken with cheeses, chicken rings (or a tuber ring), fries, and a blue milkshake
• What if we deliver it in a fake cardboard sink?
• We don’t serve dewback, but we do do serve dewbacks
• An intimate connection to a cold-based being
• Be careful how you talk about Dewey, Scooter
• So that’s my idea for Windy’s Diner
• Scooter’s diner order
• A patty melt
• He loves rye bread and caramelized onions
• But he doesn’t like thousand island dressing
• His perfect patty melt: swiss cheese, real rye, and protein patties
• I’m glad to be back
• May the Fourth be with you, and goodnight