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So after far too long our YouTube channel is finally caught up with the rest of the podcast.
In our latest episode we discuss our time at #ColossalConEast hope people enjoy it.

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027 ColossalCon East
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September 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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This will hopefully amuse @radiodeadair.com and @taradeenihan.bsky.social
My wife runs a TTRPG at some cons, ‘One Honk Before Midnight’. All the players play geese, and in the scenario she wrote the objective is to burn down a certain straw goat without being caught…
It tends to get a little silly.
August 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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In my experience there are three kinds of fantasy magic novels:
"There are three kinds of magic," said Wizzler, handing us each a balloon. "You can control tigers, you can shoot tornadoes from your fingers, or you can fly by holding your breath. The color of confetti inside your balloon will reveal which kind of power you have." I felt the panic rising in me. What if my confetti turned yellow, indicating that I was a Tiger-Talker? My family, a long line of proud Tornado-Fingers, would disown me. Could I ever return home, bearing such shame? I tried to calm myself as I readied the ceremonial safety pin. Green, I thought, willing my hopes into reality. Please be green. I popped the balloon, involuntarily shutting my eyes. When I opened them, would I see the green I hoped for? The yellow I feared? What if, gods forbid, the confetti were blue? I opened my eyes, seeing shock on the faces of my classmates. Wizzler himself stared at me, wide-eye. Looking down, I saw myself covered in confetti... purple confetti. “I don’t understand,” I growled, my body trembling with pain. “I combined eighty percent Earth-elemental mana with twenty percent Fire-elemental mana (Type B), focused through a twenty-four-sided icositetragon made of yellow topaz. This, in conjunction with my blood type, star sign, sense of humor, and nickname, should have produced a blazing column of lightning to vaporize my enemies. Instead, it made a big bubble that smells like fresh laundry. Why?” Skullgrumbler began to laugh. “You fool! You don’t even realize…” he squealed. “You’re facing east!” “It’s whatever you want,” explained Magemaster Grampledog. “Magic is just whatever you want.” I knew he was speaking in riddles, but I couldn’t grasp his hidden meaning. “So the rules are…” Grampledog lit a sliver of smokereed. “No rules. You say some words and you wave a stick and whatever you want just happens. You don’t even need the stick.” His wisdom still eluded me. I stared into his face, trying to decipher what he was really saying. “No, listen.” Grampledog snapped his fingers and his desk turned into a pile of chicken nuggets. “I didn’t even know that would happen.” His hat then came alive and began to yodel. “It’s pandemonium,” he explained. “It’s complete nonsense.”
July 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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This week the con couple attended #anthrocon and had a great time.
The episode of the podcast is up now, feel free not to listen on the platform of your choice.

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July 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I am afraid I have absolutely terrible news. I need a lot of help now, from everyone. I currently have NO CLEARED DONOR for transplant and we only have a short period of time to get this done. Please SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE AND PLEASE TRY TO DONATE!
All the information is at iggyland.org
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The TL;DR on how you can help (if you scroll down, the full story is below): In short I have a disease that requires a living kidney donor. There are no other viable options for me. I have only a few ...
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June 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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This week’s episode of The Con Couple Podcast discusses our time spent at @anthrohio.org
Short version, we had fun.
The long version can be found here:

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April 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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When humans draw anthro art of dogs, they keep the fur but have them stand upright, give them two mammaries that are engorged & widen the eyes so you see the white.

So if dogs drew fanart of us, we'd be naked on all fours with or without digitigrade legs, no breasts, 8-10 nips & eyes with no white
April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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My wife and I talk on our #podcast about the various cons we go to, this week we were at @fanexpocleveland.bsky.social

Pandora:
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Spotify:
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The Con Couple
Listen to The Con Couple on Pandora - Join a philosophy professor and her aggressivly british husband as they travel to a variety of Cons in and around Ohio and disect them in unnessesary detail.
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March 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM