Episode 26 - Vacation: The Pedantics & Semantics

Jeff and Darron go on the road and conduct their first ever remote recording. Using the context of an annual trip with friends to an old farm style hunting house in picturesque Western Vermont, they discuss their perceptions of what is and isn’t a vacation, their personal preferences when vacationing, the various different purposes of vacation, as well as how the very idea of vacation might impact how we perceive our everyday, non-vacation lives. It’s a fairly loose conversation that connects to some of the larger themes and ideas they’ve been exploring all along, and even features a bit of participation from the first ever audience member.

Notes:

• 2:50 - The “Hunting House” is in Clarendon, VT

• 6:28 - Spring Break (Wikipedia)

• 7:10 - See “Are Burgers and Hot Dog Sandwiches?” (The Daily Meal, 2021)

• 7:40 - See “It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11” (NPR, 2021)

• 10:23 - Walt Disney World

• 10:45 - See “The dream Disney World vacation is too expensive for the average American family” (Insider, 2021), and “How Much Does a Disney World Vacation Cost in 2023?” (Disney Tourist Blog, 2022)

• 13:35 - Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden, Connecticut

• 14:00 - Simulacrum (Wikipedia)

• 18:29 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 16 - Partisan Pizza from July 2021

• 21:06 - Neil’s Donuts in Wallingford, Connecticut

• 25:10 - See “Boredom is a warning sign. Here’s what it’s telling you.” (The Washington Post, 2022)

• 26:09 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 25 - Living the Dream from November 2022

• 27:37 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 22 - What is Life? from March 2022