Posts by Joel Lindstrom

Consulting Principal for Hitachi Solutions, Stephanie's husband, father of two.

August 5, 2021 by Joel Lindstrom

Printers are evil

Of all of the home electronic devices ever created, the most nefarious is the printer. All printers, no matter the type or brand, are out to take our money and only give us pain and suffering. There is no good printer, only varying degrees of worse. “I’m sorry, I can’t print black and white because you are out of blue.”

In this episode of “If you’re like me,” Joel and Rome talk about printers and the following other topics:

The top Bob’s of all time
Rome’s “adopted family”
Rome rants about Marvel’s reboot of Squadron Supreme
Loki gator
Geronimo goes to puppy school
Remembering Richard Donner
Rome misses his Mountain Dew pager

July 17, 2021 by Joel Lindstrom

Rome reacts to Alles Gute zum Geburtstag

Welcome to If You’re Like Me for July 17, 2021. Today, Rome and Joel catch up about Joel’s new dog, reaction videos, and the problem with Twitter.

In today’s episode:

Golden retrievers
Rome gets a percolator
John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed
Remembering Phil Collins
Cannon: the killer on the hill
Happy birthday Heath Florkey

Thanks for listening!

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 by Joel Lindstrom

We are the leading podcast in Blue Ridge

It’s been ten months since our last episode. With all of the change in the world (and our busy schedules resulting from it), we have not been able to get together. But with Joel’s recent move, we are now neighbors in beautiful Blue Ridge South Carolina. This makes If You’re Like Me the leading podcast in Blue Ridge!

Topics discussed in this episode:

Working from home (still)
Joel’s new house
The workshop
Puppy update
Going to the dump
Rome’s trip to the Superman Museum
If Superman was from Paducah Kentucky
Klaatu
Magenta does not exist

Thank you for listening!

May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 by Joel Lindstrom

How to eat an apple

This week on “If You’re Like Me,” Joel talks about his approach to eating apples, and why there really is no apple core.

Other topics: being on call late at night, The Price is Right, getting people to pay to make their own food, wearing masks, and the Ninja “Rich Brew” mix.

May 24, 2020 by Joel Lindstrom

Award-Winning Rome and Flame Weeding

Welcome to another episode of If You’re Like Me. On this thrill packed episode, Rome announces his new award for general awesomeness (or at least many years of participation). Also, Joel has discovered a great way to make lawncare more fun: using fire.

Inner Monologue says we are turning into Rome

In these days of quarantine, we are all turning into Rome–listening to old music and staying home.

“An internal monologue, also called self-talk, inner speech, inner discourse or internal discourse, is a person’s inner voice which provides a running verbal monologue of thoughts while they are conscious.” Do you have an internal monologue? Rome Maynard does, and the voice in his head makes sarcastic comments that he sometimes cannot repeat. Joel doesn’t think he has an internal monologue, at least not every day.

We also discuss typewriter, assembling furniture from boxes, and dressing for success when working from home.

Rome talks about a silent German film called Die Große Wette. Does it still exist?

March 22, 2020 by Joel Lindstrom

Social distancing and the Andromeda Strain (1971)

We are social distancing at If You’re Like Me, but that’s ok, we’ve been socially distancing and not watching sports for years.

On today’s episode we talk about how life has changed under covid-19, working from home, Rome’s new puppy, and the death of Kenny Rogers.

We also watch the 1971 classic The Andromeda Strain, directed by Robert Wise. You can watch it with us–just pause the podcast and restart it after the movie is done.

We hope everybody stays safe in these unusual times. Thanks for listening.

February 16, 2020 by Joel Lindstrom

Ahoy, it’s Smallcreep’s Day

Today Rome is excited because it is Smallcreep’s Day, a holiday that, as far as our researchers could determine, is only celebrated at Rome’s house. Listen to find out more about what Smallcreep’s Day is, and why you should join the celebration.

S02E01: I am Lindstorm!

It’s 2020 and season 2 of If You’re Like Me! as we get ready to start our sixth year of podcasting, we catch up on what has been happening since last season:

Joel’s new name
Rome goes to the ballet
Ken Jennings wins the Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time tournament
New coffee making system
Short haircuts
Mute yourself during conference calls

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December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 by Joel Lindstrom

Disney+ and whimsy with Shawn and Jim

Filling in for Rome Maynard this week are Shawn Tabor and Jim Lomas, and this week we are all about Disney+. If you aren’t watching The Mandalorian, you should be, and we talk about some of the other great discoveries we have made in the content on Disney+.

50 Years of Rome

This is a very special episode of if You’re Like Me, as it is Rome’s 50th birthday and Halloween. We have all of our favorites, including circus peanuts, candy corn, and internationally renowned safety expert Scott Barr.

Topics in this episode:

Safety
Quality
Halloween costumes
Enneagram
Personal Kanban
Toy robots
Green tea
Coffee
What happens if you don’t eat your Halloween candy in a timely manner