By the Rules
A look at life through the lens of two GenXers who are notoriously good at making rules for people to follow.
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83 episodes
Ep. 83 Rules for Christmas Decorating
This episode isn't filled with a lot of rules but we did spend a lot of time talking about our memories of decorating our houses for Christmas in our youth (back when the decorations could maim you a lot easier). Let us know if you have some ma...
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Episode 83
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Ep 82 Rules for Snow Removal
For some bizarre reason, the weather gods decided to dump 11 inches of snow on us last week. That prompted a discussion about rules for shoveling snow. It turns out there are a few things you need to consider. Let us know if we missed any big o...
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Episode 82
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Ep. 81 Rules for Big Events
Now and then life throws big events at you. We have a couple of rules around those events that come your way. You should be able to fit a couple of them in your life. Let us know if you have something we should add. Good luck with Black Friday ...
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Episode 81
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Ep. 80 Rules for Hosting Thanksgiving
We are hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house so we needed to sit down and figure out what were the rules around that. Turns out we have some in common. Let us know if you need more rules for hosting.
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Episode 80
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Ep. 79 Rules for Success
We spend some time talking about our rules for success. We have few ideas that might not be too ridiculous. There are a ton of things we didn't get to but let us know if we missed anything huge.
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Episode 79
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Ep. 78 Rules for Soup
We decided we needed to document our rules for soup for some reason. Most people probably haven't given this much thought and that is why you aren't a famous podcaster like we are. Anyway, let us know if we missed any obvious rules about your f...
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Episode 78
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Ep. 77 Rules for Work Travel
Jenny and I have both been on work related travel this last month. It's time that we share what our rules are for representing your brand on the road. We also share a some valuable candy research that normal podcasters probably do before they t...
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Episode 77
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Ep. 76 Rules for Drafting Candy
It's time for the first candy draft of the podcast. Jenny and I draft our teams of top candy bars from our giant bag of Halloween candy. See whose team you think is on top. Let us know who won and if there are any major errors we made.
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Episode 76
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Ep. 75 Rules for Halloween Costumes
Sorry in advance for the one voice that sounds like garbage but you can't say we don't play hurt on this podcast. We talk about a few rules that we have from our adventure to Camp Randall and then a few solid rules about Halloween costumes. Let...
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Episode 75
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Ep. 74 Rules for Wisconsin
We are starting (or continuing) our rules for states based on some upcoming travel. Next up, the state of Wisconsin. There are a few rules you should consider when you are going to visit the Diary State. See if you have some that we missed.
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Episode 74
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Rules for Bye Weeks
This episode has a groundbreaking idea in it. You need to listen for a while to hear it but I assure you it will be on board. The rest of it is pretty football related but is still work investing some time to listen. Let us know what we missed ...
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Episode 73
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Ep. 72 Rules for Homecoming
It's homecoming season here in the USA. We have rules around that for those that are curious. We divided it out between high school and college and you can listen for yourself to see if any of it makes sense. Let us know what we missed.
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Episode 72
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Ep. 71 Rules for Dating
We are not dating anyone but each other but we still have rules for that. Jenny is doing the heavy lifting on this one since Steve isn't the world's best dater. Let us know if we missed anything crucial.
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Episode 71
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Ep. 70 Rules for Politics
This isn't our normal fun topic. Both of us needed to get some stuff off our chest with 9/11 and some of the other things going on in the political landscape. We will be back to normal next week.
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Episode 70
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Ep. 69 Rules for Working From Home
We are both working from home today so we wanted to share the rules for that. It seems like we both agree a lot this time. I'm sure that will change next episode. Let us know what we missed.
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Episode 69
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Ep. 68 Rules for Banking
Yes, there are rules for banking. We came up with this topic while were sitting and waiting (and waiting and waiting) at a drive up ATM. The banking industry needs to give this a listen. Let us know what we missed.
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Episode 68
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Ep. 67 Rules for Football
We finally got around to making an episode about rules for football. Oddly enough we don't have that many. One of us has a few rules about being a referee's wife. You can guess who that is. I'm sure there are several rules that we forgot. Let u...
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Episode 67
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Ep. 66 Rules for Wine
We have a couple of guests on the podcast. We have been wanting Eric and Anna on to talk about our rules for wine. There isn't anything groundbreaking in here but we might have set ourselves up for a part 2 some day. Let us know if you have som...
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Episode 66
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Ep. 65 Rules for Nature
We go off on a couple of tangents but in general we are talking about rules for nature this week. There are a lot of things we didn't get to so let us know in the comments what we need to add on. We think there is a part two coming on this topi...
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Episode 65
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Ep. 64 Rules for Concerts
We put together our rules for concerts. Turns out there are quite a few. We walk through them and come up with a couple of podcast episodes to follow up with. Let us know if we missed any big ones. If there are some concerts venues that we need...
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Episode 64
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Ep. 63 Rules for Parking
This is one of our bigger pet peeves and I'm surprised we waited this long to talk about it. We both have a lot of rules about parking. Some of them might be crazy but be honest, that is why you listen to this podcast. There are a couple swear ...
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Ep. 62 Rules for Blockbusters
The concept of the summer blockbuster movie happened in our lifetime. We needed to make sure you all know there are rules about such things. I hope most of these aren't too controversial but who knows. Let us know what we need to add.
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Episode 62
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Ep. 61 Rules for Watching Baseball
So, we did something totally different this week. We are joined by the Morning Scramble hosts from Z102.9 in Cedar Rapids. Clare and Eric are taking a local podcast tour and we were lucky enough to record and episode in a real live radio studio...
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Episode 61
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Ep. 60 Rules for Pools
Not only does this episode title rhyme, but the episode has some good life advice for being around a swimming pool. We share a few childhood memories and some of our rules for being a successful pool goer.
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Ep. 59 Rules for Bikes
Join us as we discuss our rules for bikes and bike riding. We didn't get too deep into the sport but we have a few things that might make sense. We might even have a laugh or two in there somewhere. Let us know if you have rules that we need to...
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Episode 59
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