By the Rules
A look at life through the lens of two GenXers who are notoriously good at making rules for people to follow.
Episodes
126 episodes
Ep. 126 Rules for Airports
We have a couple of rules for airports that we wanted to share since Jenny and I have both traveled recently. Some of these are pretty obvious but there may be a few surprises in here. Let us know if you have a favorite airport and why.
Ep. 125 Rules for Amazon
This is not sponsored by Amazon but that didn't stop us from making some rules about them. There are a couple of ideas in here that might be worth listening to. We also have a few rules to keep you from spending money that you don't need to spe...
Ep 124 Rules for Shoes Part 2
We needed to revisit this topic since we left a lot of rules on the table last time. We start the episode with a little emotional recap of Iowa beating Michigan and then resumed our shoe rules. There was something in here we forgot so maybe we ...
Ep 123 Rules for Shoes Part 1
It was finally time to talk about a topic near and dear to our hearts. Yes, it's time for you all to know what we think about shoes. Turns out this is a pretty heated topic that we need to stretch into a second episode. Let us know if there is ...
Ep. 122 Rules for Celebrating Victories
College football season is here and we have already seen some wild action across the country. In this episode we discuss the rules for celebrating your teams victory. After listening you will know when you can and can't "storm the f...
Ep. 121 Rules for Beating the Heat
We have both been outside today and we decided that we needed rules to help everyone beat the heat. There are a few things in there that might be useful. Let us know what we missed!
Ep. 120 Rules for Football 2026
It's almost football time so we wanted to share the rules changes for this year in high school and college football. There are some jokes in here so if you don't care about football rules it might still be funny to listen to. Let us know if you...
Ep. 119 Rules for Back to School
It's back to school time here where we live. It made sense to share what our rules for going back to school look like. We went into the way back machine on some of these. Let us know what you think we missed. Please leave a comment if you found...
Ep. 118 Rules for Office Automation
A lot has changed since we first started working in the corporate world. Office tools and equipment has changed a lot, not all of it for the better. See if you agree with any of our rules. Let us know what we missed.Also if anyone has a ...
Ep. 117 Rules for Smoothies
We needed to get this topic out there for you all to think about. It seems like there are more and more places to get a smoothie and we needed to share our rules for that. Let us know if we missed any big ones. For sure let us know if you have ...
Ep. 116 Rules for Generation X
It's about time we wrote down exactly what rules we think Generation X needs to follow, or what rules our generation was responsible for creating. We probably missed a bunch of them so we may need to revisit this at some point. Let us know what...
Ep. 115 Rules for Puzzles
You might think that there aren't a lot of rules about puzzles but you would be wrong. It seems that one of us has quite a few rules, at least for jigsaw puzzles. You can tell us if we missed any big ones.
Ep. 114 Rules for Traveling to Iowa
Since we have been in Iowa most of our lives, we thought we might need to share our rules for coming here to visit. We have a guest visitor to give the Gen Z perspective on what an Iowa visit looks like. Let us know if we missed any places that...
Ep. 113 Rules for Moving Across Country
One of us just got done helping relatives move 1200 miles. There are some rules about that you might want to know. There are a few things that almost everyone can use and some that are more specialized for sure. Let us know if you have somethin...
Ep. 112 Rules for 4th of July
It's America's 250th birthday today while we are recording. We decided that we needed to share our rules for the 4th of July and see what people think about them. Let us know if you have any big rules we missed.
Ep. 111 Rules for Soccer
The US and the rest of North America are hosting the World Cup while we record this. We though we might have enough rules for soccer to fill up an episode and it turns out we did. Let us know if you have any rules we need to consider.
Ep. 110 Rules for Conspiracies
I wanted to get this off my chest for a while so we finally did a podcast about it. There are way too many ways for people with goofy ideas to connect with each other right now. We needed to lay down a few rules about what is and isn't the trut...
Ep. 109 Rules for Denver
One of us just got back from Denver and one of us lists Denver as their favorite city. You will have to listen to find out who is who. We have a couple rules for how to negotiate the city and drop some ideas of where to go and what to see. Let ...
Ep. 108 Rules for Video Games
A lot has changed since the 80s with video games and we have seen it all...arcades to game consoles to online gaming. We discuss a few rules we have experienced along the way. Let us know if you agree or have some rules of your own....
Ep. 107 Rules for Entertainment Systems
We decided to talk about how home and car entertainment has changed over our live. We have a few rules about how that should work. Some of the things we have seen have been around the block a few times now. Let us know if you think we missed an...
Ep. 106 Rules for Graduation
It's graduation season now. We figured we better share our rules for graduation and make sure everyone knows what to do. We have a couple of good ideas buried in here somewhere and someone has a potty mouth. Let us know if you have any rules we...
Ep. 105 Rules for Books
We needed to talk about books at some point in time and that time is now! Both of us like to read so we figured we should start sharing our rules for books with all of you. Let us know if you have a classic book that we should read or if we mis...
Ep. 104 Rules for Toys
We decided to share our rules for toys. There are some good tidbits in here. You need to help weigh in on the controversy around the difference between toys and games, if there is one. We are on opposite sides here so feel free to choose which ...
Ep. 103 Rules for Sandwiches
Ok, we have rules for sandwiches. There are a few controversial ideas in here. One might involve Miracle Whip or mayonnaise. Let us know what your favorite sandwich is.Let us know if we missed a big rule.
Ep. 102 Rules for Supper Clubs
We are starting a grass roots movement to revive the Supper Club. We figured we better share the rules for those if any of you are taking the plunge and starting one. It's critical that we hit these marks if we want the revival to work.L...