Steve managed some quality wordplay on his walk with Rosie this morning. Waffle House is calling Steve’s name. Janet had never been to a Waffle House, and Steve wants to take her. Roger Dahl (RDD Jr.) chose raw milk over pasteurized. With Jerry Garcia’s guitar being auctioned off at an incredible price, Steve reluctantly wonders what he should name his blue acoustic guitar.

Here at the Dahlcast, our values are on display, like at GYG. Jim Oberweis and Steve exchanged pleasantries on the walking path this morning, a new frontier for the neighbors. Dag’s tour has wrapped, capped by an appearance by REM bassist Mike Mills. Salad choppers and salad spinners make dinner better. Especially if you know your lettuce. Frank from DIS Direct answers our questions about the benefits of direct mail.

Steve and Janet are heading to a St. Patrick’s Day party later, armed with a Key Lime Pie, but Steve’s worried that it might not be green enough. A Gulf miscalculation created an unwanted sand bar ahead of Spring Break. Dag made it through the snowstorm and has arrived safely in Bloomington for the final show of the tour. Brendan ticked a lot of St. Patrick’s Day boxes over the weekend, and may end up just taking it easy tonight.

Tom Thayer sat next to some CPD subscribers at Chicago Cut. He went all OPL on them. Tom’s dad fashioned a mandoline for all the cabbage he was forced to slice each March. Janet opted for chicken and waffles at a Fort Myers breakfast outing. Steve’s solo golf game got rained out. Fortunately he has golf plans with a fellow former radio personality today. Brendan watched the river turn green, among other Irish-y things.

Oscar night is around the corner, and Steve leads a film roundtable. It’s time to pit your votes against ours. Janet is really trying to get Steve to start using hearing aids, but her pleas seem to be falling on deaf ears (ha!). Steve finished off a 1/2 pint of cherry vanilla ice cream before bedtime. The nightlights turn on automatically when Steve gets up to use the facilities, creating quite the light show.

We all begin today’s show by acknowledging life’s little joys. Steve welcomes a new hair stylist into his life. Steve has a fresh haircut from a woman named Dixie. Dag is in Woodstock for a tour stopover. He and the LRP band begin a two-night run at the Metro. Will Brendan be making the short walk over to witness the music in person? What secrets does the Whippoorwill hold? We hope this podcast brings you joy, even just a little.

Janet reports on the condo board meeting, in which brick driveways were considered. A morning zoo host gives us a thought shower. Large chunks of hail peppered the western suburbs. Steve visited the fan store and learned why he should stand directly under a ceiling fan as the seasons change. Jim Oberweis cruised by Steve on a red motor scooter. He greeted another guy, but not Steve. Rosie does not want to meet Ira!

Steve took delivery on a box of t-shirts in size (L), and he’s happy to report they fit him well. He’s fearful that a potential new downstairs neighbor could be a fervent cigar smoker. Brendan finds solace in his music chair, where he regularly gives new artists a chance, one complete album at a time. Dag had a sold out show in Pittsburgh, a town he seems to have fallen for. Will Steve’s new elevator door magnets be the correct ones?

Tom Thayer invented a new Italian Beef taco over the weekend. Steve misheard a waitress’s Irish accent. Turn out, she’s just a plain old American. A transmission failure left Dag’s band stranded on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike. Luckily, two generous Carnegie Mellon students shared their fancy homemade sandwiches with Bobcat Goldthwait, his wife and the rest of the band.The sandwiches contained prosciutto, but no melon.

It’s raining in the Sunshine State! Apparently the bugs will move back outdoors. Steve declares that there should not be two separate dinner conversations at the restaurant. Janet and Rosie encountered a Florida rat and an egret with an appetite for lizards. A tourist in Las Vegas took a flamingo from the hotel’s habitat. D.J. Moore has been traded to Buffalo. Steve is devastated, Janet indifferent and Brendan is just mean.