Steve yearns for Global Services status at United Airlines. Tom Thayer is in Seattle in preparation for Monday Night Football. Will he hang with Eddie Vedder? The Jeffrey Simmons acquisition has Bears fan thinking good things. Brendan recounts his early days as a Walter Payton hopeful. Steve feels flowers can help Tom and Jeff through the current rough spot in their brotherly friendship.

Steve and Buzz are not big UFC fans. They still like boxing. Steve went to a boys school where disputes were settled via a boxing match in the gym in front of the entire student body. Hostess Coffee Cakes: Cinnamon Streusel is Buzz Kilman’s gas station treat recommendation of the week. Steve tells us more about his recent disappointing research into Twinkies. Dag and Buzz had entirely different reactions to Abbey Road Studios.

Steve gained a lot of respect for William Contreras, Pat Murphy, and the World Series Champion Brewers. Brendan and Matt had a gas at the Bulls game, while the World Series reached its conclusion. Our best to the fine city of Milwaukee. Dag experiences some heartbreak as “progress” rolls into Marquette, MI. Steve and Janet’s wedding night was full of questions, and It’s Too Early proved foreshadowing with one of its guests.

Steve made a funny grammatical error on our Community Page, which inspired some great visuals. He went back to change it, but only changed half of it. Now he’s wondering if he should undo the fix. There’s a new indie film about a man-made monster in Upper Michigan, just in time for Halloween. Speaking of that, we get our yearly visit from the husky voice of global strife and wrongdoing.

Ed Silha returns as a special guest on Talk to Me Tuesday and is back behind the controls. Steve is back to eating apples and experimenting with grapes, while a debate over breakfast burritos threatens to divide the room. Steve recalls a run-in with a mysterious, uncooperative driver who rear-ended him, and Ed reveals how his bartender connections recently gave him the inside scoop on a restaurant closing. Dag offers some important advice about vanilla extract and French toast, and the phones are packed with listeners ready to join the conversation.

Tom Thayer joins us to reflect on the Bears victory; the good, the bad, and everything in between. The mood in the radio broadcast booth turned sour, and it had nothing to do with the game. Dag turned his lemons into lemonade during a Halloween performance in Michigan. Steve and Janet are discussing the idea of adding a second dog to the household. Well, Janet mostly.

For one miracle college semester, Buzz brought home straight A’s. Steve is still trying to figure out his GED ranking, but there are some promising percentiles within the documentation. Buzz takes delivery on what he feels is a lifetime supply of Irish Spring soap. Brendan encourages us to order up a Slinger at the Diner Grill some late night. Oh, and a mile high gift for the clouds.

After a couple of false starts, the show gets up and rolling. There are two ways to increase the metal content in your body: either get an iron injection, or eat the staple from a carton of Chinese food. Steve is excited for the Bears on Thursday Night Football, even though his Pizza Pizzazz got tossed out. The Pope is recovering, which reminds Janet of her trip to Rome. Steve recalls their honeymoon in Canada.

There’s a new-ish tollway in the area, so new that it has taken us all by surprise. It’s over budget (duh!), but nearing completion. Steve recalls his tollway experiences with Necco Wafers. Steve was a brave patient for his iron infusion, and he feels good overall. Steve is in communication with Larry Wert about his Loop documentary, but has some notes. This is Season 16, Episode 190.

In preparation for the arrival of a more conventional chair, Steve’s fancy recovery chair has been relocated, and along with it, possibly, some of the sympathy associated with it. Raisin bran is the breakfast of choice for Steve, even if the raisins aren’t quite as plump as one might hope. He’s heading out for the first of five procedures today, where he’ll be infused with iron. Tomorrow, he might be talking like Popeye