Roderick On The Line

  The Problem: Patiently spanking a long line of dirty little elves.

Ep. 43: “Waiting for Our Duck” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problem: Perfect storm for a little wiener dog.

Ep. 42: “Your Hands Would Be Your Passport” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problem: Precipitous decline in the mean scariness of adult men.

Ep. 41: “In Lieu of a Laundromat” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problem: Standing on a carpet of nails. Sponsored by Instapaper Roderick on the Line is sponsored exclusively by Instapaper, a simple tool to save web pages for reading later. JOHN DRAWS THINGS DOT COM Photo by dans_acoustic_garage • Instagram  

Ep. 40: “Status Butter” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems: You’re welcome; nutria-battling heroes; wading into Roger Waters; kick-starting our first Kickstarter; and—finally—our functional pilot for Hitler ’n Stuff. Sponsored by Instapaper Roderick on the Line is sponsored exclusively by Instapaper, a simple tool to save web pages for reading later. The Isle of Marm: Preemptive answer: manuscript progress may have…

Ep. 39: “Darth of Options” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems: Just makin’ sparks, pondering a fourth hoopty, and teaching some loping raccoons the consequences of being a poet. Sponsored by Instapaper Roderick on the Line is sponsored exclusively by Instapaper, a simple tool to save web pages for reading later. The Isle of Marm: …every other fence in his house is booby-trapped.

Ep. 38: “With My Mind Bullets” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problem: John needs a private island and a new bathtub. Sponsored by Instapaper Roderick on the Line is sponsored exclusively by Instapaper, a simple tool to save web pages for reading later. by Paul Emerson

Ep. 37: “The CEO of Magic” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems: Judgy tureens of Snapple®; John touches every LARP-er; bell tones snap to grid; O. Henry’s recursive taxi talk; Merlin’s awkward dental bragging; Grant makes his initial bones with a pig; thanks for the add; scaling the Cynicism Fence; Såra deliberately provokes The Colonel; stressful tooth fats; Bentham’s box; grooming a Brony; Idaho’s beard crackdown; it’s still Donnas all the way down; landing face-first in a scrum of leaves; using a word that don’t mean nothin’, like “looptid”; plus, John settles on his new Comic-Con persona.

Ep. 36: “Uncle Licky” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problem: You get what you get, and don’t be upset. The Itinerant Bell Salesman | Flickr - Photo Sharing! by Ted

Ep. 35: “You Give ‘Em Israeli Eyes” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems: Preparing the stage for Mr. Roderick; laminating the lady in the field; John battles mean stycks with Feminesium; oratory from a conveyor belt; graciously accepting a doll made of human hair; plus, everybody hates a crappy birthday grift.

Ep. 34: “A Shit Barge Full of Long Pigs” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on HuffdufferThe Problems: Brobdingnagian morning cookies; the time LTJG David Roderick (USN) kind of maybe scared off a Zero with his rogue Colt M1911; Merlin windmills through his brief Kneepads and Floppy Epaulets Phase; why John thinks depths charges are a careless and potentially orphan-endangering pussy move; John discovers an oxidizing superpower—then struggles to find a cool name; Billy Joel and his stupid goddamned loose tie bullshit; Merlin tries in vain to keep his new bell a little special; fortifying your underwater home against an attack by Navy SEALs; nobody just “walks away” from a Coffeetology® audit; John poses for Playboy with his cripplingly handsome friend, Jon Hamm; post-mortem on ’30s gangster things; Pete Townshend is attacked by a long-range baby marmot cannon; “Oooooo, hey, everybody, look at me! I’m some Somalian guy and I give everybody tickets!”;

Ep. 33: “Starts to Slurry” - Roderick on the Line on HuffdufferThe Problems: The Conversion of the Jutes; maids of scullery, milk, and otherwise; hacks for avoiding Saturday fires; Roderick’s Law of Condescending Reverse Obsequiousness; No Claptons, No Claptons, No Claptons!; concentric naval circles around the seaman’s wheelhouse; the decline and fall of one anachronistic 11-year-old impressionist; Buck Owens, The Second Moog Enthusiast; yeah, well, The Fantastic Four already did that; John’s latest observations about windows; Supertrain to the rescue!; understanding epidemic famine from inside a moderately tight Methodist tube; an abridged retrospective of Wendy William Walter Carlos Williams Williams; dry burgers—you know, for kids; Merlin can’t even get into his whole Jean Grey Thing; the hosts’ shared dread of The Bikini Toll; things from which no good can come; important steps for qualifying your new Chapman Stickman; John shot first; “Shabbos, Wiry ShabbosR

Ep. 32: “Incidental Boners” - Roderick on the Line on Huffduffer The Problems: visions of candy-corn antennae; the 4 kinds of kids; casual racism toward lions; John’s kosher ambulance conundrum; things that used to be other things; a misspent youth in pipebomb sales; sitting precariously on the sill of gay; John and Merlin find consonance in a dot-com incubator; the superiority of French «ordnance et matériel»; Mr. Shackleford gets an earring; hanky code culture jams; understanding dancing and spitballs; O’Look, a restaurant; and Merlin’s grave discomfort with John’s copious bukkits of sexual Weltanschauung.

Ep. 31: “Our Orange Franklin” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems: Addressing the ersatz physicians of midwestern Christian aristocracy; The He-Man John Roderick Haters Club; goose-stepping at Schützenfest; enjoying a fancy meal at Sclerotic McStuffingtons™; Le Petite Mal Mort de «Mademoiselle»; the awkward moment when Olive Garden stops regarding you as “family”; some dueling freedoms of a very young America; how Merlin became a youthful “Senior”; and why John started crying when he learned that the trains never really ran on time. It All Begins With Tubas | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Ep. 30: “Cement Gravy Boat of Suffering” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems: gripping at sand in Noordwijk; handcuffs on the rear-view mirror; dancing for children in a public square; how to stock up for John; trying to outsmart ghosts; learning why we stopped sleeping outside; how much for that dream girl in the window?; and the night John finally realized what The Light Dome was doing.

Ep. 29: “Eventually My Scabs Healed” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on HuffdufferThe Problems: hippies vs. stoners; lost in Wikipedia; thumbing a ride to Kilimanjaro; the Petty Thieves of Avignon; John’s raving on a Spanish beach; when good battles nice; 24-track tape you could read through; the persistence of zombies; living with shaka brah hand; great monks versus garden-variety crazies; manning a booth down by the fish-throwers; alignment for non-paladins; and—finally—a universe-saving theme song John can live with.

Ep. 28: “The Sheriff of Twisp” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems: John’s compromised immune system; Achilles’ lung; octogenarian barrel rolls; compulsory camps for teens; a cup of hobo cigarettes; getting schooled by The Jesuit; a hurried snapshot in Harlem; why Merlin blames Joni Mitchell; and John’s potential as a reluctant, no-nonsense lawman.

Ep. 27: ”Bellinghamming” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems: John’s waxy buildup; The Bubble Bath Rotation; helping two halfway houses become a whole; some benefits of German underpants; Sly offers a PA some oral notes; Cal stands upon his head; Merlin’s unfortunate Era Era; A Brief History of John’s Egregious Rashes; and mastering the international hand gestures that ensure a great haircut.

Ep. 26: “Go Practice the Car” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer The Problems: John refutes Poe’s telephone; surprising contagion of the beloved vuvuzuvuzela; Roger Daltrey: District Attorney; The ’Barrow Boy’s Patrician Shrug; a balrog in the dwarf mines; comments are still steadfastly disabled; white wizard potential; longevity means finding room in one’s book; John considers removing lady embolisms as a move; how you get the Center Square; Vincent Price’s productive eyebrows; why Van Halen’s making nothing off those damned coke mirrors; John identifies Merlin’s liquids and many songs about pirates; Triumph of the Poutine; the trouble with thinking; the night John’s pillows watched over him; inflammable roach clips; a rockabilly song about dragons; A Brief History of Unnavigable Carnival Mud; initiation into the family coven; John considers some costly boots for his kit; and, our first biological interlude. Roderick o

Ep. 25: “Supertrain” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on HuffdufferThe Problems: teching makes; radioactive devil dogs; faking the patois poorly; Anakin’s dubious conception; plus, a detailed glimpse into your exciting new role in John’s comprehensive plan.SUPERTRAIN! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!