The Unreal OC - Episode 33 - Tossin' Shrimp

No - The woman in the photo here is NOT Ema. She would never be caught with such unsightly roots!

Join us for another romp through suburbia in Episode # 33 where Tom discovers his favorite store has a whole other floor filled with shoes; you'll learn the history of scatting; discover why apple pie may be the only antidote to the texture of raw scallops; Find out why Ema thinks there’s no excuse for bad roots, Ummmm McUnderbelly. . ., and finally we discuss the very personal and sometimes scary subject of personal hygiene.

Click HERE to be transported.

ALSO - You can leave a message for us directly from our website - click on the TUROC Voicemail on the LH side of the home page. Thanks!
- Tom

Frappr No More

After spending the better part of three hours fighting with our Frappr account trying to gain some 'manual' control of pin placement and other vital account settings, I was forced to abandon the account. If any of you know an alternative to the confounding, user-hostile Frappr, or want to share your secrets of how to play nicely with its interface, please let me know.

Thanks to all of you for joining the map. I had to manually export this list, so hopefully I'm not leaving out anyone. Thanks to:

noi - Centralia, WA

Aaron - Queen Creek (AZ)

matt - Israel

Jen and Jason Tucker - Whittier, CA, USA

Chugabug goodnight - West Palm Beach, FL

Seth - Riverside, CA, USA

Hiram - Aurora, OH,

Drew - Anaheim, CA,

Al - Burlington, VT,

Linda – Rancho Santa Margarita,

Jon – Seal Beach,

Tim A – Tustin,

Jason Watts – Irvine ,

Bill Lovelace – Buena Park,

Vic – West Hills,

Aaron – Queen Creek AZ,

Tim – Mt. Pleasant NJ,

Pat – Austin TX,

Win - London, UK

The Unreal OC - Episode 32 - UnHoly Matrimony

Ema and I celebrate 11 years of blitzfull harmony, Tom masquerades as a courtesy clerk, and is there every really a correct answer for “how do I look?”

Click HERE to be transported to our website so you can download our latest episode and otherwise loiter about and get into trouble.

The Unreal OC - Episode 31 - Trick or Ramen

Yet another use for Top Ramen, Christmas music year-round, and how DARE they interrupt my nap!

Click HERE to be transported to The Unreal OC website. Use the new PuPu player on the page to listen to any new episode or subscribe via iTunes by clicking on the link below the player.

Thanks!
- Ema and Tom

The Unreal OC - Episode 30 - This Show is XXX

Hey - What are you waiting for? Click HERE to be transported to The Unreal OC website so you can listen to our latest episode. Use the new PuPu player if you want - I won't tell anyone!

Enjoy!

The Unreal OC - Episode 29 - Chicagogoogoo

C'mon - you know you want it! Download TUROC episode 29 - Chicagogoogoo by clicking HERE.

Enjoy!

Ema and Tom

Stuff Store - Buy The Unreal OC Shirts, Mugs, More!

Christmas is right around the corner, so jump on over to The Unreal OC home page and click on the link at the top to visit our Stuff Store. There you can find original, authentic, certified, guaranteed fresh, clothing, ceramics, and other fine merchandise. We've kept the prices at their Cafe Press MSRP - no added charges to pad our wallets. Drop us a line if you have any questions - Click Here to send us an email.

Thanks and happy shopping!

Tom

PuPu Player Now on The Unreal OC Website

Can't say much for the name of this service, but it seems to work just fine. www.theunrealoc.com now has a built-in audio player so you can easily listen to all episodes from your computer - if you so choose.

So check out our PuPu player - it's a real gas! . . .sorry.

Episode 28 - Don't Zamboni My Baloney

Check out the latest episode of The Unreal OC - Don't Zamboni My Baloney!

Download HERE.

Thanks!

Tom

Portable Media Expo - The Unreal OC

Hey folks - If any of you will be at the PME in Ontario, Ca next weekend (Setp 29th and 30th), be sure to stop by the Orange County Podcasters booth. You'll get an opportunity to visit with some of your favorite podcasters like Ron from Griddlecakes Radio, Adam from The MacCast, Steve from Lifespring, Jason from History Podcast, Jeremy from Second Life Podcast and plenty of others. I'll be there too on Saturday afternoon - Hope to see you there!

Tom

Weekend Off

Ema and I took a short break this past weekend, but will be back with another episode soon. In the meantime, feel free to listen to one of my archived storytelling episodes HERE.

See ya soon,

Tom

Removing Feed: "therabbit.xml" in One Week!

These feeds: http://www.theunrealoc.com/episodes/therabbit.xml and http://feeds.feedburner.com/theunrealoc/fePI will not be updated after 9/16/06.

Please switch the feed URL in your aggregator to: http://www.theunrealoc.com/episodes/unrealoc.xml

Or, alternately, to my Feedburner feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/theunrealoc

Also – Remember that all storytelling episodes, #’s 1 – 23 can be found HERE.

Please contact me at theunrealoc@gmail.com with any questions.

Thanks,

Tom

New Format - New Co-star

I'm excited about the new format for The Unreal OC. Elizabeth (my funnier half) and I will be doing a podcast twice a month - maybe more often, depending on our schedules. I think you'll find it to be a refreshing change, and hope you'll stay with us and maybe even tell some friends.

The new format is still family-safe and work-friendly. That's a bit of a departure from most couple-casts, and something we hope will be appreciated by our existing listeners - you folks.

Thanks for sticking with me, and for checking out our new show. If there's anything you'd like to share with us, please send us an email.

Thanks,

Tom and Elizabeth

'The Block' - Story Available Daily

Hi folks – Just a quick message to let you know that I’m
publishing ‘The Block’ as a serialized story in daily installments. This will be published in daily installments starting Sat. August 19th. Those of you who have heard this series may want to read along or suggest the feed to a friend who may not be into
podcasts. It should make for a nice, daily distraction from whatever important things you might be doing.

Thanks!

Here’s the feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/dreamcalendars

Here’s the site:
http://dreamcalendars.blogspot.com

Free Screensaver For All my Listeners!

Forget the old addage that 'you can't get something for nothing.' For a limited time I'm offering a FREE screensaver and free desktop wallpaper to all my listeners. It's my way of saying 'Thanks for supporting the show!' Just shoot me an email at theunrealoc@gmail.com, and let me know that you want the FREE screensaver. I'll reply with the website address where you can download it. No gags, no gimicks, no spyware!

The screensaver was created in conjunction with my new business - Dream Calendars.com. Listen to Episode 23 for the history of this project.

Thanks!

Show Correction and Stuff

I mentioned in my latest episode - #22 that I received a MySpace shout-out from someone named John. Turns out that this was from James Yorkotoro. Sorry James for the mixup, and thanks for your support!

I've noticed that I've got several new listeners from Illinois as well as Cork, Ireland. Welcome, and consider joining The Unreal OC Frappr Map. Thanks.

This week's Frappr Mappers

Hiya folks. This week I'd like to welcome Seth from Riverside, California to The Unreal OC Frappr Map. Thanks for joining, Seth!

Remember - If you join the Frappr Map - you can send me an email containing a website, blog, or podcast promo, or even a personal shout-out which I'll post on The UnBlog as well as possibly read on the show. It's a great way to promote your site, or to give that troublesome mother-in-law a long-distance, free birthday howdy. I know - most mother-in-laws don't read blogs, and even fewer listen to podcasts, but it's the thought that counts - right?

I'll be back this weekend with another episode. Thanks for reading. . .and listening!

Tom

Welcome New Frappr Mappers

I'd like to welcome Hiram from Aurora, Ohio and Jason from Whittier, California to The Unreal OC Frappr Map! Jason has two websites you can check out: www.everythingtech.tv and www.geekfit.com .

Thanks Hiram and Jason!

If you'd like me to list your website, podcast, blog or even give a special 'shout out' on The UnBlog, then join my Frappr Map, and shoot an email with your site links or message to theunrealoc@gmail.com.

The Block - Season One - Download as One File

I've received a few requests to do this, so I consolidated all six parts of The Block into one 50MB file. The running time for this is 1 hour, 11 minutes, so it fits nicely on one CD.

Please visit my website www.theunrealoc.com and click on the link at the top of the page to be directed to the download page.

I edited out most of the intros and outros so you'll hear the whole story without many interruptions. Enjoy.

The Block - 'Wrap Party' - A Total Success!

Thanks to everyone who made it to The Block's Second Life Wrap Party last night. We all had a blast. Nice to speak to all of you new listeners as well as some of you who've been dragged along for the ride from the beginning :) If you couldn't make it to the party - no worries; you can always look me up in SL - usually hanging out on Podcast Island. My name there is Tommy Burma.

Reminder: There will be no show this coming weekend. Look for a new episode on July 15th.