It may have been Milan Kundera who wrote the book of laughter and forgetting, but this episode grabs armfuls of each, and while there is no postmodern magical realism afoot, we do attempt to do an ASMR unboxing of the Barcelona board game that feels just as wonky. Also, Mike had to be bleeped three times; he could play Kurt in The Sound of Music at this rate. Somewhere on this crooked road of domestic byways and roadside stops offering rants against craft stores, we also discuss Alphabet Stoop and Chicken! Any listener who survives all the way to the final segment will find out if that's an actual punctuation mark of enthusiasm or just part of the game title. Good luck!

(Note: We probably should've mentioned that this was recorded about a week after Shari's father passed away. At the time we wanted to lose ourselves in some game talk, but upon playback it's obvious that grief and exhaustion were still in the driver's seat. Apologies for the silliness.)