Brilliant Observations

The fallout from “Friends” Weekend Why do we have to be kind? John wants a product to thicken skin What’s on all of those touch screens you are using? Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Black Friday and New Year’s cards - do you throw them away? Xmas and Chanukah decorations Who buys the gifts? Our society is going to shit - literally, why does everything for sale have to shit? Jess is being a big baby about our weekend girls’ trip We discuss people we hate - which for John includes people who tell him what to wear Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Thanksgiving plans What does cheese NOT enhance People I hate: rude about outfits at a party Million dollar idea: favors for favors More people I hate: GUM CRACKERS MMMM THE BOBBIE Skinning people to use their tattoos for art - what the actual fuck Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

John is sad this time of year. Is that curable? Or can he suck it up? Punctuation is so very important - first hand job experience. Would you confess or not confess? Jess is the only one who believes the truth is always best. (shocker!) Urban Dictionary hilarity Which thing happened first? Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

It’s our 1 year anniversary! Do we NEED to force our kids to get chicken pox, and is it child abuse? There’s not TOO big a diff between political fact or opinion What’s the grossest thing your kid has done? Does Jess or her friend win? John is finally identifying humble-brag-mainsplainers and Jess is super proud. Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Plastic straw people: is this really a problem? John says nahhh. Letters to Mel’s friend (and Jess) about how sad they are re: the Pittsburgh synagogue Who comes at the end and tries to snake all the cake? Are you a picky eater? Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Lasting App https://www.getlasting.com/ John now has a million dollar idea - or is it #girlsdopoop - amazing entertainment A teenager who baked cookies with her grandfather’s ashes...because teenagers are psychotic Billion dollar Powerball!! What would you buy? Podcast Rodeo is Jess’s fave! Nitwit of the week: https://www.goupstate.com/news/20181015/man-shot-after-triggering-his-own-booby-trap What makes YOU feel like an adult….or a teenager? Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Melissa’s dog has Pneumonia and it has traumatized her. John and Jess talk about when is it time to send family pets into the light. Jess has another Mother in Law rant - innocent until acting guilty. John finds happiness in Canada, eh? What is the best and worst Halloween candy? Also, Melissa’s favorite, Listener Feedback Paul Simon on SNL https://youtu.be/M8cd1h6UWj8 Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Why Missy hates Twitter Phrases that belong at the dinner table AND the bedroom Dancing with the Stars Juniors - Miss has demanded we all get addictedThe worst possible thing - wolf spiders in Melissa’s house https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider#/media/File:Wolf_spider_attack_position.jpg Maggots and spiders and cooking bugs: oh my! Mayo - where DOES it belong? Flu shots - what do we think? Jess has a ‘special’ opinion Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Melissa’s Million Dollar business idea Jess’s great business idea Kavanaugh and reporting sexual abuse Jess feels horrible for Monica Lewinsky Celebrity unreasonable demands Top 5 cookie Debate Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Believing in god vs. going to high holiday services Is eating pork moral, just because it’s delicious? Can John work with his daughter - or better yet, can she work with HIM? Would you put your own kid in jail for murder? We discuss overrated bands - John hates The Grateful Dead!! John also hates people in the drive-thru Melissa has bad stick shift karma Why Melissa is the best mom   Let’s connect!   Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant   Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Rosh Hashanah celebrations  - Melissa thought about how to learn through failure Jess was served tongue and promptly had Yom Kippur early. Secret talents we don’t even know we have Don’t ignore kids that are delightful even if they’re strange Stop soliciting your kid's stuff! The dicks that stole the homeless guy's money Melissa can’t stand others who can’t control their hair Professional cuddlers - how do we feel about it? Jess’s new book idea Comedians - should they get faster absolution? Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

We discuss gender-neutral language and what’s worth keeping and what’s ridiculous Melissa delivers an astounding round of “would you rather” We all try our American history knowledge with “who said it” Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com   tlsi6OU2ECEeCLHjMDo6

John reflects on a magical week with Sam Jess reflects on a very nonmagical week with her family Not that you asked but...the Made in America Fest is not for 14-year-olds! People we hate: if you have toe fungus, put on a sock!!! Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

John wants to start dying his hair bc women do it People I hate - bitter jealous people who revel in others’ misery Don’t be ratting us out to the ones we hate. Jerks. Should we give our kids plastic surgery? Who said it - child or serial killer John reads the worst humblebrags ever Who said it - Donald Trump or Kanye West Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Melissa is torn about having all her favorite friends in her life every day Jess discusses whether or not it’s ok to keep your toddlers from ALL males as a rule, even if they’re trustworthy family members Mouth noises John hates when people text you and then freak out when you don’t write back Melissa recommends The Package on Netflix - boner humor Cotton Candy Grapes and the panic that ensues if you see them Lies parents tell - these are HILARIOUS Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Body positivity and dieting - and sewing your mouth shut Can mallomars give you joy? Mindless mallomar eating Not that you asked me ….. If your cat runs away to a neighbor, is that still your cat? People I hate, a husband and wife who have the same email address. Also: WHY do people sit next to each other in a restaurant Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

John plays a game of “name that sound” and believe me, this sound is worth listening to What’s your Karaoke song? Jess and John give their Podcast Movement review Melissa’s assessment of British public toilets Mel breaks the no-carbs to eat all the bread and cheese Brits want to talk about the prez when they find out you’re American, apparently What’s your ideal vacation? Could you be roasted? Why or why not? What’s the worst smell? It’s not dog farts. Let’s connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

How petty are you? What do you hate? Elsie from She Podcast darkens a hotel when she tries you use a quarter to pry out a plug. Let’s Connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant   Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com

Melissa’s Q of the day - what is your worst trait? John says he’s emotionally reactive. Jess is too impatient with people. Melissa is a huge procrastinator. People I hate: If your dog is not friendly, don’t be on your cell while you’re walking the dog. Don’t boss us around on Facebook. And lastly, STOP BEING OFFENDED BY EVERYTHING. Let’s Connect! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listenbrilliant Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/listenbrilliant Email: brilliantobservations@gmail.com Show notes: www.brilliantobservations.com