In this episode of Ryan Rambles You To Rest, I relax into the early phase of summertime to look forward to and Round Up Summer Sandwiches I Know. Then, knowing that summer is when many vacations take place, I turn to A Particular Ponder of the aging video format, DVD, that many will encounter on their journeys to unfamiliar destinations as perhaps the only available media format. Before all of this, I share a handful of comments from our Resters.

In this episode:

07:25 - Rester Reflections

16:11 - The Round Up: Summer Sandwiches

21:22 - Caprese sandwich

24:11 - BLT - bacon, lettuce, tomato

29:12 - Fried chicken sandwich

35:50 - Italian hoagie / italian sub & the trail sandwich

46:36 - The Cuban Sandwich

52:24 - Pambazo

54:41 - The Parisian

1:01:33 - The $20 Sandwich

1:07:57 - Ice cream sandwich

1:18:42 - Hotdogs & Hamburgers

1:30:29 - A Particular Ponder: History of DVD

1:33:12 - Introduction to DVD

1:42:17 - Etymology of DVD

1:45:55 - History of DVD Part 1: Development and Launch

1:58:37 - History of DVD Part 2: Adoption

2:06:03 - History of DVD Part 3: Successors & Decline

2:20:17 - Outro and Parting Words

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In this episode of Ryan Rambles You To Rest, we return to a very classic style episode. After reading from a handful of wonderful Rester Reflections, a series of odd topics are afoot with Really Random Topics brought to us through the random article button on Wikipedia. Then, we rally through a series of Instagram Benches in The Scroll.

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In this episode:

07:58 - Rester Reflections

18:18 - Real Random Topic Intro

19:59 - The 2005 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Team

38:19 - Atractaspis watsoni

41:46 - SRX Expansion Board

47:40 - Mount Upton, New York

50:38 - Naruto: Shippuden (season 8)

59:17 - Alibi (1955 film)

1:16:36 - The Scroll: Benches of Instagram

1:18:21 - Parkbenchspotting - Manaroia, Cinque Terre, Italy

1:32:26 - Iseebenches - Jindyandy Mill

1:44:15 - Thebenchstagram - Portland, Maine - Lighthouse

1:52:32 - Loveagoodbench - Shear Water Lake, Longleat Estate

1:57:43 - Park_benches - La Trobe University, Bendigo

2:09:31 - Outro and Parting Words

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In this episode of Ryan Rambles You To Rest, I take us on another Amiable Amble journey to top off the New Year. I begin with some musings on the New Year and how it began. Then, as I am wont to do, I get distracted by thoughts of the “healthy” salads and sandwiches that manifest at this time of year around the Super Bowl: Taco Salad and Italian Hoagies.

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In this episode:

04:26 - New Year Musings

25:36 - Taco Salad & Italian Hoagies

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In this episode of Ryan Rambles You To Rest, we test out a new format that truly reaches to the core of the idea of our rambling journeys: the Amiable Amble. Here I amble on about things that come to mind as we go. Our amiable ambles in this episode include ponderings on plumbing, the Roman Empire, and an oddly productive and activity-filled night out.

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In this episode:

03:41 - Plumbings On

22:02 - The Roman Empire Meme

27:08 - A Fine Night Out

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In this episode of Ryan Rambles You To Rest, we ponder particularly the phenomenon of Barbenheimer and journey into the details of the history of Barbie. Before we get into the deep pink specifics, I will read some rambly reflections from resters.

In this episode:

05:23 - Rester Reflections

28:44 - A Particular Ponder: Barbie

33:29 - Main article “Barbie”

44:11 - Barbie’s Biography

53:58 - Barbie’s Legacy & Influence

1:09:29 - Barbie’s Diversity

1:18:45 - Barbie Collectibles

1:28:84 - Outro and Parting Words

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In this episode of Ryan Rambles You To Rest, we recognize the onset of summertime with an episode dedicated to Ice Cream. First we will engage in mini Particular Ponder and read some key portions of the Wikipedia.org entry on Ice Cream. Then it’s on to two mini How To segments: one examining a recipe of Cereal Milk ice cream, and the second a reading of the salient portions of the Cuisinart ICE-21 instruction manual. Get ready to fall asleep! But before you do, at the top of the show Ryan reads of Rester Reflections, comments from YouTube.

Cereal Milk Ice Cream Recipe at Lovely Little Kitchen: https://lovelylittlekitchen.com/homemade-cereal-milk-ice-cream/

In this episode:

04:55 - Rester Reflections

15:25 - Thoughts on ice cream

20:44 - A Particular Ponder: Ice Cream

22:54 - Main article “Ice Cream”

32:22 - History: Early Frozen Desserts

40:35 - History: Expanding Popularity (Excerpt)

46:27 - Composition (of ice cream)

51:32 - Food safety concerns

54:42 - How To introduction

1:03:04 - Cereal Milk Ice Cream introduction

1:08:14 - Cereal Milk Ice Cream recipe

1:22:35 - Cuisinart ice cream maker intro

1:30:30 - Cuisinart ICE-21 Safety & parts

1:47:03 - Using the Cuisinart ICE-21

2:03:24 - Outro and Parting Words

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In this episode of Ryan Rambles You To Rest, we pass some time with a Particular Ponder of the puzzling pastime of jigsaw puzzles. And if that is not enough Wikipedia to drag down your eyelids, we stumble through some Really Random Topics via the Random Article button.

In this episode:

03:01 - Updates: A bench for the backyard!

04:22 - A Particular Ponder: Puzzles

06:53 - Main article “puzzle”

10:37 - Etymology of the word “puzzle”

14:04 - Puzzle Genres & Puzzle Makers

24:26 - Jigsaw puzzle primer

28:00 - Jigsaw puzzle main article

32:28 - History of Jigsaw Puzzles

36:34 - Modern construction

44:33 - Types of jigsaw puzzle

50:51 - Puzzle pieces and terminology

53:52 - World records and popular culture

1:03:41 - Really Random Topics: Wikipedia—---

1:05:09 - Turo de L’Home

1:08:59 1805 Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District Special Election

1:11:27 Amelie Carette

1:15:03 Nitta Yoshiaki

1:18:23 Mount Tai Earthquake

1:20:59 Suppo II

1:22:55 Blues for Fred by Joe Pass

1:28:10 Adam Woulnough (rugby player)

1:36:25 Outro and Parting Words

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In this episode of Ryan Rambles You To Rest, I return from a winter break to ruminate on the recent months of indoor confinements thanks to unprecedented rainfall and cold temperatures. After a Round Up of Indoor Activities I Know, we head over to Instagram for The Scroll of late winter bench photos.

In this episode:

03:32 - The Round Up of Indoor Activities

05:38 - Puzzles

25:26 - Board games

37:29 - Cooking

44:46 - Video games, movies, and television

51:54 - Reading

53:55 - Listening to music / making mix tapes or playlists

01:04:13 - Napping

01:07:28 - Benches of Instagram

01:51:55 - Outro

Photo credits for Instagram:

@achsas.bench @park_benches @wandelbankjes @mybenches @sandrine.briand @meinbankerl @assis.e.s.sur.un.banc @beabanc

Ryan Rambles You To Rest is a sleep podcast where you are ferried off to rest by the dulcet tones of my voice as I examine topics of no major importance.

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