Not me. She's basically a mirror image of Kara Swisher. Smart, sassy etc etc...but ultimately her cattiness takes away from my respect for her. I catch her stuff once in a while, but I can't handle that on a regular basis.
I read Lost In The Meritocracy, Blood Will Out, and Up In The Air. I enjoyed Blood the most of those three, every page filled with razor sharp insights. Honestly, I could say the same of all three, but Blood was the most fearlessly self-searching, I thought.
Well, said, Drippy G. I’m truly surprised as well. Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone? 🎸 I knew I liked the show, but I thought I was just chipping — I thought I was just a recreational user.
Shades of “TWX in 12 Bars”, the “Wall Street Week” theme. The show’s address was Owings Mills, Maryland 21117. [OMG I remembered the zip code! That was like me remembering the introduction of Ethel and Fred in “I Love Lucy”… an aural hallucination]
Please, for the love of all things bright and cheerful and sane, keep the short story. You've hooked me on reading again (well County Highway has something to do with that too). We so appreciate what you do!
That’s quite all right!! You two have been so busy, and there is so much to catch up on, it’s good that you took a pause!! Dont work yourself too much. Enjoy your very well deserved rest!!!
Sure, as a loyal Boomer w/no kids, both my wife & I have built our Mondays (esp b/c it's live) and our Fridays around your pods. However...
Pushing out that volume of content is exhausting. Believe me, I know- I'm an Indie author (doing well, thanks) and you gotta put out a minimum of 4 novels a year. Some of my collagues do one every month to six weeks. It's a grind, man.
Do the best you can, and don't be afraid to hand off to good people. You're building some kinda crazy network, you know; so don't be afraid to bring other people in as relief pitchers.
I'd rather have a healthy Matt/Walter less times than a burned out/ill M&W more regularly.
Have a great weekend everyone! (Oops...it's a holiday weekend up here in Canada-stan; where 1/3 of the population couldn't tell you just what the hell Victoria Day means...)
Suddenly I feel the urge to break out the crucifix, make a necklace of garlic, load my always-handy six-gun with some silver bullets, and keep a wooden stake or two within reach.
Funny, but very, very scary. Hope that doesn't prove an inadvertent "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!"
Just keep going Matt and Walter. Keep this conversation between you two, Alive and Breathing. It almost always reveals hidden Truth™️. I appreciate you both. Godspeed.🙏💯
No worries. I dont mind adjusting and the only thing Im asking you two not to change is yourselves. I like your questioning, cynical, rational and hopeful mind and Walter's psychic, indignant, hilarious reading of people and situations.
Thank you for the update, Matt. My week was not the same without ATW. 😞I look forward to changes you deem worthy. Trust your gut and take good care of yourself!
I know it’s like what do you need from me to keep this going? 😂 babysitter, everyone to do the $250/account, less complaining in the comments, narrators??
I never knew I was addicted to this show until this week.
I always do some work tasks and now how will I get them done?
Yeah, I just didn't do them. Whole family's wondering why there's a week's worth of dishes and laundry piled up everywhere.
I had no clean bottoms to wear today, was putting off laundry 🧺 no shorts no pants, had to wear worn ones after my shower
Same here.
Finally just did laundry, figured can’t stall any longer 😂
Same. I actually listened to Walter on Megan Kelly to get a hit.
Not the same.
Megan is smart, but has a nasty edge and is too light on facts and information. No in the Dynamic Duo’s class at all.
I think she's awesome - great businesswoman and super smart.
Like Megyn too. But her gossipy stuff - not so much.
Yeah, who cares about celebrity stuff. I did love her spoof on Megan Markel tho, that was pretty hysterical.
And the lady astronauts thing. Hysterical. It deserves some kind of prize.
You can also catch Walter on Gutfeld. He really shines there.
Walter shines wherever he goes. Up levels the intelligence quotient no matter what show.
Not me. She's basically a mirror image of Kara Swisher. Smart, sassy etc etc...but ultimately her cattiness takes away from my respect for her. I catch her stuff once in a while, but I can't handle that on a regular basis.
Well said. Agreed. Detest the nasty and gossipy stuff. (Which tends to be one in the same).
She sucks
I did this too 🤣
So true. Actual withdrawal symptoms!🤣
Is there a 12 step for this? “I’m Soren, and I’m addicted to Matt and Walter…”
that's so cute: me, too. 84 y.o.lady in North Carolina
I hope this is real 😊
ditto...I'm Jonesing
Reality hunger. (Great book by the title, too, btw.)
Same here. I'm going to start reading Walter's writings.
To those who've read him: any suggestions? Thanks
I read Lost In The Meritocracy, Blood Will Out, and Up In The Air. I enjoyed Blood the most of those three, every page filled with razor sharp insights. Honestly, I could say the same of all three, but Blood was the most fearlessly self-searching, I thought.
Thanks very much! It sounds like I'll start with Blood as that is what I admire most about Walter.
I have read all of his books and they are all great. All different, too. Pick any of them and you will be hooked.
If you don't already subscribe to County Highway, would def recommend that.
Thanks!
Read all Walter's books (they're short and he writes like he talks).
Walter's short story "Finishing" is excellent, and I think about it a lot.
Increasingly relevant.
Well, said, Drippy G. I’m truly surprised as well. Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone? 🎸 I knew I liked the show, but I thought I was just chipping — I thought I was just a recreational user.
Same. Possibly the only piece of content look forward to
Same
I did. And I should have known when Walter didn't tweet this week's short story that I wasn't gonna get my fix.
Agreed!
Hahaha! I knew I was addicted.
My drives will be quiet and dull
Agree!
I did...
Same! It is my go-to in the car here in Los Angeles and I was frantically searching for an episode thinking I was going crazy.
Me too, I think I am showing withdrawal symptoms lol.
just don't cut out the typewriter SFX
It's our Pavlovian cue. We need that damn typewriter intro hey...
plus, its a job for the typist
My fear is that Matt and Walter will go off on some sort of a DOGE tangent and fire the typist.
Lol🤣
Shades of “TWX in 12 Bars”, the “Wall Street Week” theme. The show’s address was Owings Mills, Maryland 21117. [OMG I remembered the zip code! That was like me remembering the introduction of Ethel and Fred in “I Love Lucy”… an aural hallucination]
Yes definitely.keep the typewriter intro sounds!!
Yes.
Agreed. Please keep it.
Love the typewriter!!
I love that typewriter.
Now that you mention it, I don't really care about the show at all, it was the typewriter all along.
Please, for the love of all things bright and cheerful and sane, keep the short story. You've hooked me on reading again (well County Highway has something to do with that too). We so appreciate what you do!
Yes!!! A thousand times yes.
I need my Matt and Walter non-bedtime story! Jonesing, seriously jonesing today . . .
P.S. - sent anyone a postcard from Mexico recently? VBG
Agree!!
Just want to make sure you are ok!!! Take care!!
It's all good, Matt. You don't need to call in sick to us. 😊
That’s quite all right!! You two have been so busy, and there is so much to catch up on, it’s good that you took a pause!! Dont work yourself too much. Enjoy your very well deserved rest!!!
Always make health and family your priorities gentlemen. It’s all about a sustainable pace. Appreciate your work but everything in context…
FIRST! LOL (I'm such a jerk)
Sure, as a loyal Boomer w/no kids, both my wife & I have built our Mondays (esp b/c it's live) and our Fridays around your pods. However...
Pushing out that volume of content is exhausting. Believe me, I know- I'm an Indie author (doing well, thanks) and you gotta put out a minimum of 4 novels a year. Some of my collagues do one every month to six weeks. It's a grind, man.
Do the best you can, and don't be afraid to hand off to good people. You're building some kinda crazy network, you know; so don't be afraid to bring other people in as relief pitchers.
I'd rather have a healthy Matt/Walter less times than a burned out/ill M&W more regularly.
Have a great weekend everyone! (Oops...it's a holiday weekend up here in Canada-stan; where 1/3 of the population couldn't tell you just what the hell Victoria Day means...)
05/16/25: This will be good for a change of pace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKEWU5s-dnw&list=PLNTZ3awwlQa61clDEe-atg37mfITvW60W&index=34
Thank you!
05/16/25: The ending is amazing...
Haha
It’s when Queen Victoria went to Canada to whip you dudes in shape…. See, I know…
NOT egg-zackly buddy! LOL
But hey, at least ya took a run at it!
Oh, as one old fart to another... I have two throw pillows on my couch that read:
"It's NOT dog hair,
IT'S PUG GLITTER!"
Great minds think alike...
Pug glitter! We have had the little darlings and boy what a hair bomb they are.
So you’ve been acquired by Disney and the parts of Walter and Matt have been recast with a black lesbian and a Latino/a trans woman.
This happens to all my favorite shows!!!
Black humor..
LMAO!!
Suddenly I feel the urge to break out the crucifix, make a necklace of garlic, load my always-handy six-gun with some silver bullets, and keep a wooden stake or two within reach.
Funny, but very, very scary. Hope that doesn't prove an inadvertent "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!"
Just keep going Matt and Walter. Keep this conversation between you two, Alive and Breathing. It almost always reveals hidden Truth™️. I appreciate you both. Godspeed.🙏💯
Don't alter it too much. It ain't broke and doesn't need fixing.
Humming, "Don't change a hair for me, not if you care for me. . ."
But I'm sure it will stay wholly worthwhile.
Meanwhile, be well or get well, whichever applies at the moment.
Whatever you do, please don’t cut out the short story portion!
Agree! I wasn't a short story reader until ATW. It is now one of the best parts of my week!
They’ve discussed so many great ones that I never would’ve even heard of, let alone read, if not for them
No worries. I dont mind adjusting and the only thing Im asking you two not to change is yourselves. I like your questioning, cynical, rational and hopeful mind and Walter's psychic, indignant, hilarious reading of people and situations.
Thank you for the update, Matt. My week was not the same without ATW. 😞I look forward to changes you deem worthy. Trust your gut and take good care of yourself!
Hope you are OK?!!
Look forward to it Matt. You and Walter are national treasures!
You don't hate the media enough - you think you do, but you don't. https://x.com/Evans_Wroten
Get well and come back! We miss you!
Can I help with anything? I need my ATW fix.
Yes. Send money. Love, Matt and Walter
05/16/25: Why not re-watch the previous episodes?
I know it’s like what do you need from me to keep this going? 😂 babysitter, everyone to do the $250/account, less complaining in the comments, narrators??