Patrick tries to get that happy-go-lucky feeling back that he never really had in the first place.  Plus,  funbrows, factoids, flow, and fabulous dancing.

Links mentioned:

•  Gwen’s adventure in ThemePark Land World.

• The original classic, Jizz In My Pants

• The inferior knock-off that tries to sell you crap, Puke In My Mouth.

Books mentioned:

• An excerpt of one of our favorite books, Japanese Death Poems.

Making friends with death so that you’ll be better at life.

Links mentioned:

•  The Guardian’s moving photo series of people before and just after they’ve died.

Who are all these people trolling the internet searching for things to label as “fail?” Why are we so afraid of screwing up? Plus, cool beans.

Links mentioned:

• The NY Times article, Earplugs to Lasers article on concentration.

• A post from Merlin Mann about embracing “Courageous Sucking“.

• Gwen’s post on burning grilled cheese and other failures.

• Patrick’s post on his not “9 to 5″ lifestyle.

Books mentioned:

• Benjamin Franklin’s The Art of Virtue.

Dealing with that bewildering species of fauna, the Dudicus Radicalus.

Links mentioned:

• Autotune!

• In our detailed research for this podcast, we came across this excellent resource for more information on rad dudes, http://www.rad-dudes.com.  That’s where we pulled the above picture from.

(Music from  Mr. Macleod at Incompetech)