Onomatopoeia... 25th Anniversary

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Thank you. Yeah. Our guest today is the one and only Dr. Frank Ashley.

We have asked Dr. Ashley to sit with us and wrap up the 25th anniversary of the Busch School here in College Station.

Quick recap on events we hosted here in the facility, the 41 I knew series

involving General Michael Gould. Gould

clearly did not read this. The one that took. Neal Bush, former President Ray Bowen and R.C.

Slocomb. Jean Becker. John and Mark Cronin of Johns, Crazy Sox

and the 41 on 41 documentary screening. Wow. It looks like we did a lot.

It was it was a great week. It was really a great week. We did a lot more leading up to it.

Yeah, it was, you know, the 41 I know series.

The new series are just unbelievable. And we started this really years ago, if you think about it, after

President Bush died, we had the photographers that came in.

They were the key photographers for President Bush. But these are the ones that we had

during the 25th anniversary week. Were there were more personal, you know, Robert go, you know, he was

the military attache for President Bush. And you know, the thing about it,

for anyone who was there and he really got emotional and started choking up did.

Yeah. Talking about, you know how President Bush really cared about his family

the Thanksgiving that he was at Camp David and Mrs.

Bush. It's a what was your family doing where they're at on Michigan? I'll call them up. Bring them all up.

I mean, imagine the president and his wife asking you to come to Camp David for Thanksgiving.

Yeah, well, the family and and as I said, he just he just really got choked up

talking about how family was so important to the bushes and then the battle with with with

R.C., with Neil Bush and

I mean, the stories that Neal told were like. I'm surprised.

No, they're priceless. They are. But I was also like, you know, this is being recorded. Yeah, I know. But, you know, it's.

And Neil's another one of those people I have never seen Neil talk about his father and not get choked up.

As a matter of fact, we had something we had the coating of the ambassadors last week and he came there

for the coating and the joke was he goes, Yeah,

there's a over and under bet how long it'll take me to start crying when I start talking about love, marriage

and and he did get choked up but you know just so emotional talking about his parents

but the stories that are told about them playing golf and traveling with him, the one story and R.C. told me the one the one story about the restaurant

a couple of weeks ago, I saw him at a football game about there, just finished playing golf.

And they're sitting at this restaurant and the waitress comes up and the president

goes, Hey, says, your son play golf. He goes You out and he goes, Well, here it

and got a golf ball in his pocket and autographed the golf ball. So, you know, this kid gets a get an autographed

golf ball from former president of the United States. And R.C. goes, yeah, I wonder what he's doing now with the kids do now.

But it was that was the best part about and then Jean Becker, you know just unbelievable.

But you got to see the I guess, the personal side of a 41.

You know, we've had all these presentations about what he did as far as polishing everything

and then having the cronin's there. I mean, and

I had the opportunity to host the two of those guys at the football game later on.

And it was it was you know, I got emotional a couple of times just watching John and his dad

and he met his dad made the statement that if it wasn't for the American Disabilities

Act, which President Bush signed, his son would never have

had the opportunities to do the things that that he's done. So I think that was a great thing about the way they talked about

the personal side of 41. But it was a great week.

It's a great week. It's it humanize people. You know, I still think my favorite story is the one where Gene

was told by the president to call to make sure somebody was still alive. Oh, yeah. Just call them if they answer their phone.

There alive yeah, yeah. It says critical thinking skills that you know.

Yeah, she mentions that and I started laughing. I was like, I mean, I get it. But like, someone that important, you would think that news might be accurate.

Yeah, yeah. No, I know it's the news. And we're going to have a lot more. We're going to continue the celebration in the in the spring

in Washington, D.C., because we're going to have a couple more. The 41 I knew sessions up there

and then we're going to have a big keynote. We're trying to get some big time people

that served in his administration to come and speak for that. So that that will almost sort of conclude the 25th anniversary.

Year and a half worth of celebration because it started this past spring. Yeah. Yeah. It's been a lot. And we have a few events booked in the facility for the institutes.

The institutes? Yeah. I mean, I am excited. Yes, I am too. It's just been a lot.

Yeah. Who would speak at your like Sarah i knew?

Sarah I knew? I wont have friends by the time I die Speak At yours

Yeah. I'll be glad to come and speak about the Sarah I knew. It'll just be you and my husband. Ya’ll can talk about golf. No, no.

Well, you know Sarah. Yeah? We got invited to this one dinner, and, you know, Sarah was there.

You know, this is my husband and, you know, he's he's in charge of this golf course and.

Hey, Sarah. And just just sort of ignoring, you know, but she she never complained.

She never complained. Oh, you can ask Tanner what happened in the car. Oh, that's later. No, I'm just kidding.

That's just now. We could have the Sarah that I didn't know. Well the daily speak at that one.

Of a share that you didn't know the Sarah that I knew that you didn't know.

There's probably a lot of fun stories in that one. What happens in the office stays in the office. Oh, no, that rule doesn't even apply in Vegas anymore.

I know. Yeah. So tell us what your favorite event of the week was. If you had to pick a favorite.

I think it was a panel of the three people that was it was a because once again, they're just telling personal stories on personal stories.

So I think that was the best. And if you look at that, you couldn't think of three totally different people.

Right. I was thinking the same thing because every time that former President Ray Bowen tried to speak, R.C. Slocom just kept talking.

Over and. I was like, he's never going to be in. A word. I mean, three totally different people.

Yeah, I used to turn the microphone down. Yeah, I thought it was hilarious.

Yeah. Oh, that was really hilarious. When the dean was trying to wrap up, Ray Bowen was trying to say something

I want to say, like then R.C just kept, yeah. One more story, yeah, one more story, one more story, one more.

So like a campfire. Yes. Yeah. Maybe we should get a fire pit put on stage.

Yeah, fake fire. Yeah. But, you know, guy guys are like that though. Yeah. You know when, when you, when you tell a story.

I've got to tell a story to top. Sure. Yeah. So what happened? Yeah, yeah. My story's better than your story.

I think my story involved me. Yeah. Yeah. No, no, no.

This is so fun. I missed you guys. Yes. I mean, I. Was so busy. I hadn't done this.

Have we done this after COVID? I was the last one pre-COVID. No, it was after COVID.

We did the dean and him and then we did one more. I thought maybe not. We've we've tried to take slight hiatus because T.J.

keeps booking our facility and we got real burnt out real fast. And then she's about to go on maternity leave sometime over the holidays.

Maternity leave? Yeah. Why? You’re so sweet

You know, the. Whole reason we have lactation rooms in our building is because she knew down the road she would need them. I can use my office.

I don't know. Who's having a baby. Me? Oh, you are? Yeah.

Oh, okay. I see that look, right? Yeah.

And they're looking at like, what are you thinking? What exactly are you trying to say?

That I don't look pregnant and having gained any weight. Thank you. Oh, that's. That's what I'm saying.

No, you look. So, as we put it in Louisiana. So she felt she felt like this well-fed.

Well-fed. Were you giggling over there? Yeah, I was like, I'm actually I won't say anything funny while you drink again.

I have to worry about Jamie's the one that always dies. Let me take a sip. Right here in my coffee, I hear. Okay.

Thank you very much. Coins don't make. Noise. Yeah, I. Might have taken them out.

I don't know that he did. I hope you guys are having as much fun as I am. We always do. Yeah. So since we're talking about that one

event, let's skip to number three and then you can go back to number two. So did you know about the curve ball?

The dean threw me right before that have been started that Wednesday night. I don't curve ball.

I don't see I saw this on my note and I didn't. He saw curve ball. I saw a curve ball and I go.

Clearly the dean was more stealth than I thought. Yeah. So originally playing all this, it was supposed to be a three person panel.

And the understanding was that Neil was going to be moderating. So I'm sitting in the doorway. I was wondering what happened.

I was because, you know, because I walked in there early and it's like there's supposed to be four chairs.

There's only three chairs. So yeah, I knew there was. Yeah. So everybody apparently knew except for me.

She wasn't. I wasn't she CC’d on the last email or that change which is fine. We are always prepared for that one.

We have, we have the lav’s set up but yeah he came over to the doorway, the green room hallway, and he goes, Hey,

I hate to break it to you, but we need forth chair. And I was like, You're joking, right? And he was like, No, but his normal face where it looks like he's joking.

Yeah, I think I asked him four times and my poor intern that was sitting there Ruth Ann was like

she just kind of looked at me and he said, it can be any chair. He's like, You can be one from that room. And I looked at Ruth Ann and I'm sitting here

thinking, I'm not going to use one of those chairs is going to look so weird. So I had to find Jamie because she had my keys

and my intern didn't have her keys to get in the storage closet to find another chair. So we quickly did that.

I'm pretty sure I accidentally mumbled the F-word at one point, and he definitely didn't hear, hopefully.

And we got it all set up. And then Tyson comes up to me and he goes, Hey, I got some more bad news for you.

And I said, What's that? He goes, Fifth chair. I said, You can just lay on the stage. I was just teasing.

Okay. He was sitting there talking to the dean and I was and the dean started laughing.

I was like, okay, this is I mean, that's pretty much how the whole planning of all of this is kind of happened,

which is totally fine, but. No one else knew. That's that's the thing about it. Well, you can pull it off and no one else knows that.

I mean, that's that's what happens. And I got lucky to Clay, who was running the video.

He goes, I was really surprised that you got this set up like almost dead center from eyeballing it.

And I was like, Yeah, my staff hates it because I can visualize these facial things like that. And sometimes they can't.

Wow. Yeah. But yeah. So when we do workshops set up, they always make me check it. So you visually can see things that other people can't see.

I see lots of ghosts in our building. Yeah. Yeah. I toldMichael one

day that I was going to show up in a cloth and scare the crap out of him. She was going to be the ghost of the PCC.

Halloween. Keep in mind, I'm from Louisiana. Yeah. No white sheets. Yeah, I believe in that stuff.

Oh. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's not where I was going. Oh, yeah, I heard.

I heard the white. Sheet just going to ignore that. Yeah. That. Oh my gosh. I think that the first time my brain did not re on your level.

I was there. Oh, no, it's not. I mean, it's in Louisiana. I was thinking South Lake. Oh, like deap south

let me just tell you something, my favorite word from high school in my English class.

Is it appropriate? Yes. I like how you cover your mike. You do anything? I mean, you should be covered.

Okay. You ready? Yes. I'm looking directly in the camera when I say this.

Onomatopoeia. Oh, do you know what that means?

Oh, it's been so long. It's like a word that means something else. No, it's close. It's close.

Oh, I can't remember. There's anyone in the audience. I can't. I couldn't give a definition. I'm sure all you guys on online know what that is.

I mean, I learned that when I was in 10th grade English onomatopoeia.

Does it really sound the same? I know. That's close. That's close. They sound the same but with different meanings? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Okay.

What's the first word you said? I feel stupid on? No, no. What was the first word you said?

Is it. No. She doesn't even remember. What she said. Yeah, this group. I havent had enough coffee

It's National Coffee Day and I'm hanging on. She's going to be a ghoat I'm going to be a ghost forever.

Ghost? White sheet? Which part? No. Okay. Okay. Can I get.

Can I. Give you. Yeah, I have a great time. My, my, my. I think my students love me.

I can't say my students love me. I think they do. They better. Yeah. Otherwise perfect. I might bring up that word in class. Please do.

Because I want to know what is the definition? If they don't know either, I'm just going to be like, where's my phone? Okay, here we go. Here we go. I give you

the gun, went bang.

I barely passed English. That's the door bell.

Rang. Rang. Words that.

Here we go. That have me like sound. Sound. That's it. Oh yeah.

When I said sound the same, I said sound. That's the word he was looking for. That was, I guess it is. As you said.

So yourself sound was your first word. But you know, brain cramp right now. If. its not a brain cramp

You couldn't remember, is it is it. No, no.

The qoute for the episode title Sound like your first word. Is is it B Yeah, that's how I started.

You know, i dont even know what i said Yeah, that's the. Name. Of the episode. Are you okay?

This is a onomatopoeia episode

I told Tanner we were doing this today and he goes, Good luck. Is that because he knows you?

He knows me. Both. Okay, good. I think. Both Yeah.

Okay. So what else we're going to talk about? Okay. Yes, that you should. Make a pregnant woman laugh like that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like going to labor?

Yeah, not yet. Okay. No, it'll be after Sarah's birthday. Um, so I'm going to get through vacay with Holiday

and then come back to work for a little bit. And then when's your birthday? January 1st and.

January 10th is when it's due. That's my dad's birthday. Okay. Monday, April 15th.

Think you can hold out till then. God i hope not Not you. Okay, I'll see. That's healthy. I figured. Just ask you.

I don't know. I'm not trying to make you. Do I? Just. Just curious, you know.

Okay. How did we get on this topic? I don't know. It's Sarah's fault. No, it's not. He did it.

So any fun interactions that you had with the students, speakers, faculty or staff. During that week? Is that during that week?

Week? You know, it's it's great

hanging out with with our students, first of all, of our students. And it's amazing, you know, as

the Dean has said on several occasions. She's always telling me to. She still slouches, but I'm comfortable.

Yeah. As the dean said on several occasions, even though the Bushes aren’t around,

their DNA is in the school. And it's true. I mean, you talk to our students and you really get so motivated

hanging out with them because I mean, I walk up and down the halls, I visit with the students

and I go home thinking that, hey, you know, we're going to be okay. You know, we'll all screwed up right now.

But but we're going to be okay. We're going to really be okay because our students have to go out there.

They're going to change the state. They're going to change the nation. They're going to change the world. And it's

it's good for them. You know, you know, are the students that were here

years ago had a chance to really interact with 41. But now that he's gone, it's good

hearing these people talk about the 41 that I knew. So they can you know, and it's not like reading a book.

It's so much to tell an actual stories. You know, about 41

to I think that's the biggest thing just to help having our students being reinforce with, hey, I'm doing the right thing.

I'm here for the right reason and I really want to change the world. Have any of them given you any feedback on what they thought about the events

for that week ever? Are they all loved it? They really loved it.

And once again, I think it's hearing people tell personal stories, you know, and you know, once again, everybody knows about,

you know, the policies and and all those things. But just hearing

people tell personal stories about how important family was to you because, you know, as a kid,

you come in and I'm I'm going to go out and do this and all this. And, you know, don't ever forget about family.

Mm. Don't ever you get, you got to have that balance in your life. And I think that

that's really important for our kids to learn because they want to go out and go, go, go, go, go and dont ever forget your family.

Work life balance. Work life balance. Hard for a lot. It is. It's really tough.

It's really tough. Yeah. What we try to teach the students. Hmm.

You know, like, know your worth and set your boundaries. Yeah. Mm. Yeah.

You know, that's a place I've always wanted to go to.

The island of. Know your worth? No, no. The

well that the boundary waters up in Minnesota and you should know your boundaries.

I'd really like to go to it. To the Canadian border. Yeah, that's it. There's so many borders and there's.

Fishing and canoeing and I. Thanks for reminding me. Cold. Yeah. Mm.

I prefer cold over but. But know your boundaries. I want to go to the boundary waters. Okay.

I just thought I'd throw that in. Okay. I wasn't sure where we were going with that. Like the Great Lakes and like, you know.

Like the boundary waters. That's okay. Okay. We have southern boundary waters. No, there's no. No water. No.

The Rio Grande And that's the boundary waters.

Jamie thought that was funny. I don't know. Jamie Yeah, yeah, right. Yeah. She's been pretty giggly this week.

Yeah, we're all functioning on lack of sleep obviously. Okay. Me too. I had a meeting at 7:00 this morning.

Oh, why? It's why. Because I chair. You know, it seems like.

Because that year and I could change a time, but. Yeah. Yeah. Was it over breakfast at least? No, it was. It was a two hour zoom meeting.

*Vomit sounds* You ok? Were they on the East Coast. Is that. Why. No they're down there in Texas.

You know, I just. That's okay. What's next? Like, I'm. I need. Your assistance. Um.

Any future opportunities for students regarding the 25th anniversary? Well, as I said, we have the

you know, we we have the Washington, D.C. But but that's that's mostly for the students in D.C.

Are. They going to be zooming any of that? Yes. Okay. Yes, we're going to be zooming that for the students here so they can hear it.

Now, the big thing that's coming up and it's not really us, but it's George Bush Foundation in two years,

2024, we're going to be celebrating the 100th anniversary of President Bush's 100th birthday.

Mm hmm. Wow. That's going to be the big. Are they going to do that separate

from the unveiling of the train in the building? What's going. To be all in. One? I think it may be all in one, but it's going to be on his hundredth birthday.

So that's coming out. Yeah, we have that entire month blocked off. Oh, I know. 24 is another thing I heard too.

I, I visited with someone yesterday.

I can't reveal the sources. You know, I work for the Bush School of Government and were top secret everything.

CIA. Yeah. Well, that's not your only role. No, but I was also told that

after the Mandela exhibit, the exhibit is going to be

Texas A&M football. Oh. Oh. That's right. That's what I was told.

You'll be going. To watch again. I cannot reveal my source. I cannot reveal

Michael and I are excited For all you listeners, I'm sure you're excited. TJ and I. eh

I was excited for the Nelson Mandela one because I want to take Cameroon. I really want to have, your Honor, that. You have. Not.

Did you go yesterday? No. Oh, what was yesterday? Well, I thought when I. I thought you were going over there when I saw you yesterday.

Yeah, but we didn't make it. Oh, they weren't distracted when we got it. We did get distracted, but I, I couldn't get past barricades.

You know, that nobody was behind. But I'm so glad that we curbed that barricade.

I mean, I really I really wanted to go, but their barricades and I and, you know,

I had this knee replacement. It didn't feel like I could jump over it, you know, like the horses jumping over the wall.

You probably have gotten one of the bicycle upd of your right over there. Hey, I'm not. No, I'm not touching any barricade.

I remember the barricades from the sixties. Were funny. So I'm not going to do that. Okay. Yeah.

Why are you turning to red, T.J.? You know. I'm really embarrassed, really warm.

I was, like, embarrassed. I mean, I feel bad that I don't have a sweater. Well, I was not smart enough wearing one.

I forget how hot these lights are. Okay, it's warm in here. Okay. What do you guys think about my shirt?

I love it. It. Is it from your trip to the Congo? Yes. Yes, Lesile Ruyle

Took me to the Congo with her and it was an

eye opening trip. I'd never been there before. But it was.

It was. It was. It was it was scary, but it was good. Scary.

You know, you know. Okay. Yeah. It wasn't bad. Scary. That's good. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

We still apparently need to get passports so that Leslie can take us. Yeah, I don't have passports. No one. Not.

I never travel to paperwork. Yeah, I. Think every person needs to have a job. Do you have a passport?

Of course. Jamie. She's in marketing communications. She travels a lot. She was a photographer and did dance. Yeah.

Do you have a passport, Michael? It's expired. So. No.

Nobody has one. I mean, you can't use it. You really need to get a passport.

You never know who has one. You never know. Yeah. After my experience.

I don't know if I'm leaving. I. She went all the way to Canada.

So, you know. I was detained for. An hour, so. So you've been to the boundary waters.

That's I was laughing. So I thought about getting one a couple of years ago and then I started looking through

all of my custody paperwork and my kid one was going to be a huge pain in the butt.

So, oh yeah. I was like, maybe when he's older.

Oh, I. Do you remember that conversation? Yeah. Because you'd ask me about keagan You know, it's good, you know, when you go to H-E-B,

you can just show it, you know. For what What are you buying at H-E-B with the passport.

And. You just show it, you know, and they, you know. You can oh yeah, alcohol.

You can also use it when you lose your Social. Security card for hiring purposes. Yeah, but it's good though if you burn some alcohol

at H-E-B, there's emergency driver's license. You go check my passport and passport.

They probably don't know how to check it. You can also use your

gun license. Does a valid state I.D.. As a person. To purchase alcohol.

Can you use that when you're doing new hire paperwork? No, no. But you should be able to because you can use it to purchase alcohol.

From saying like if it's is that it's a valid state I.D.. You notice how these conversations just sort of, you know, it's not like.

It it's always. Sort of slow. But I love this. I'm glad you didn't bring us back anything.

Okay. Let me let me let me tell you how I got this. We went to the university. Mm.

Right here and the president had one of these on and I go, oh man, I'm digging that.

He goes, Are you serious? I said, Oh, yeah. I said, I like it. He goes, If you had one of these, would you wear it?

And I go, Leslie, would I wear it this year? Oh, he would wear

he’d wear it So the next day

I had one of these delivered to me is custom made. Oh, well, custom made.

Believe it or not, his, like his chief of staff, was a seamstress

and she just sort of look, he he he just looked at me like

Measurements That's another person who could see spatial things Yeah.

He's like you. And he came back the next day and and I had this made.

That's awesome. Now, what he didn't do is the president had pants like this, too.

I didn't get the pants. I, I did it because I'd really be rocking if I had my pants.

You know, we should have him and Leslie on at the same time, and she can wear her dress. But I love so much that she got when she was there. Yeah, when we did.

Well that was the last pandemic event. We did. Yeah.

Yeah. That she wore that dress when she came back. And keep training it didn't come back. I don't know that they will.

Well, you know, I you know, I've got all these different things I have to wear during my class for the next six weeks. So

that you have to wear. Oh, yeah, you have to wear. Well I know that. But and I think I didn't get a chance to wear last year

and I'm a little disappointed is it didn't get a chance to wear my lederhosen

you know, with my little hat. But, you know, it's a lether pants or a little

baby powder. oh Is that what i need to do? Because I was like, screech make.

Yeah. Made punch. Okay. Yeah. And I've I want my kilt before. Yes.

Maybe I could do the lederhosen and then the kilt to sort of give. Me a break leader who, who's enduring like Oktoberfest.

Which apparently the celebrations around town started for that yesterday. Yeah. October six I think is the ship.

But they got trick or treat stuff out at this. Okay. And I got a pet peeve.

Okay. It's about Hobby Lobby because we all know I'm. Just I'm just talking about these stores now.

I know. I know they're not listening to me. I know they're not listening to me. We can tag them on Twitter, but they.

They need to stop doing that. Mm. Stop putting out Halloween stuff in September.

August. Don't put out Christmas stuff. And before Thanksgiving, come on

kids are going to grow up confused. Okay. I only agree with half that because I think they should have

Halloween stuff out year round, but that's just me. Well, I think yes. I mean, that's. Why because she loves. Halloween.

Speaking of which are you taking your normal two days off to do all the cooking and stuff? I don't know. I have to look at the calendar

stacking up for maternity leave. All right. I'm trying to make sure you come back in early enough. Yeah, I know what you're doing. You should take a day off.

You look tired. You should take a day off. I don't take it off. I take it. Yeah. Because when she leaves and I have to do all the booking and I did it for a week

or she took vacation during the summer and I. Just came back and I was like, What in the world? I did. Pretty good.

I took a lot of notes. Tell Jamie she needs to step up. Jamie. does alot Jamie does. Enough.

She keeps our office sane. That's kind of what I figured would happen. She would do it for a week and should be like, Hey, Jamie. No, I'm not doing that to Jamie.

She has enough going on. I'll let Michael do it. Oh. No, no. That's Michael would

Just tell everybody. No. Oh, see? Well, but he does. He handles all the ground stuff out here and handles all the,

the umpteenth amount of pieces of paper they have to. He could do it. Yes, I have faith that he would do it.

There be a lot of questions. He doesn't want to do it. That's the difference. He doesn't want to do it. I don't. Blame him. Hey.

All right, we are. Wait a minute. Time out. We are in the Bush School of government.

And I understand the service part. I do public. Service.

But that's why it's a collective effort instead of a single effort. So that way, when she does leave, we'll all be helping.

And what strings and and and and and and.

And then she hopes they come. Back. No, and you will.

She's already told me she's not paying for daycare and I have to deal with the fact there's going be an infant in our office. That's okay. That's good. Yeah, that's good.

They can see what Mommy does. Yeah, Mark keeps her. Sorry, Dean. Welsh keeps calling it Mark.

I like she keeps calling it and she knows Dean welsh Welsh keeps calling the baby Mark. Holly, it's a. Real girl. It's a boy.

It's a boy. Holly keeps calling. Earl. T.J. keeps calling it a parasite. Okay.

So, I mean. I, you know, the other day. These this baby hears everything.

I'm curious, was going to have another day. Was the first time I saw a guy

where I. Need you to finish to finish his statement. We're so hot in here.

Okay, I'm warm. I saw a guy with the first name of Ashley.

Oh, wow. That is not where I thought that was going. What?

Well, we're talking pregnancy and babies. And then he says he saw a guy. Did your head go the same place? Mine? Yes. Okay.

And I was. Like, I don't I don't know where you could go with that. I mean. I have no idea.

I don't. You know, you feel like. I don't.

I see that. See, but we talk about that in class. Oh, she said, it's okay. I'm like, I feel. Like you.

Should really talk about it. We talk about. Where you. Talk about these mental modes. Yeah. And we talk about how men have these

mental modes and women have different mental modes. So your mental mode went some other place, and it's a place that mine can go

because I'm not. I always thought that was called tunnel vision. Men have tunnel vision No, no, no, no, I'm not.

I can't feel what you feel I can't see what you see.

I can't do what you do. I don't know where I'm going I dont either

I have so many questions. You can. What is your class? Yeah, I do.

I ask these questions to evaluate this class I need to go ask questions in your class. No, no.

He's like, no, you don't. You're actually. He comes. He's my class. In class a year.

She's teaching the Hullabaloo class. Oh, you teach in hullabaloo. Oh, I go over and talk to

somebody. Yeah. What classes. It, it's got something class every semester.

my class is in the allen building Ill let you come speak Oh I'll go, I'll come down.

You have to clear that. Well he can just do the classes, his personality.

There's nothing wrong with that. He could do that. He can talk to you if you don't have time. We got to check his calendar first. Yeah, but make sure we go straight to him

and not his assistant because she'll tell us. No. I have a feeling she's like Mary.

Yeah, no, no, I'm. Unfortunately, I. I have.

I have gotten in trouble with every assistant that I've ever had

because people ask me things, and I generally tell them Yes, but the problem is, I don't copy my assistant

and they just come back and go, how did this get on your calendar? I don't know.

Ghost of the PCC. Must put it on there. Oh no, you put it on there. No.

Well you know. Like if you. Click on it, it is generated by Frank Ashley. Bastard, you shouldn't leave your computer logged on.

That's what I wanted. Brandon Yeah. I wouldn't doubt it.

So how's the other half of your job going? What have you that your other title that you have besides being in the bush school.

You can't talk about that one. I mean, is it going good or bad about not even blink twice if it's good.

Talk about pulling your ear. Woosox good. We'll talk about that off, offline. Offline.

Oh. I won't let that off. It's a good thing we don't do these live. Yeah, all right.

I can tell you, but I have to kill you. Better bring a sack lunch.

Oh, my God. Go Girl! Go Girl!

Okay. Oh, man. That wasn't always good when we do this.

I don't know. I guess other shows like this are no.

No, not really. You know, though I did.

Too long fu be a romance. Oh, sorry. Okay. I did tell our client yesterday that TJ was my bouncer

for the day, and he was like, cause Austin knows T.J.. And I said, Yeah, she's pregnant, so maybe they'll be nicer to her.

I said, But she gets real feisty. Can I take that coffee in my auditorium?

It's my favorite job that I've ever had, is being a bouncer. Bouncer? Yeah. Well, I told Austin, I said,

I think it has more to do with. There is a giant sign people don't read it and they still try. And in her mind, it's like the audacity.

Where is the common sense? So then that's when it gets real exciting. About them with kindness Yeah, I do

sometimes. Yeah. You don't have to be physical with them. Yeah. Why don't you take those words you just said and remember that time is.

Going to kind say, excuse me, I noticed you have coffee in the building.

Can you not read it? Are it's all in tone. It's all in. Its own tone.

Yeah. Yes. Speak with kindness. Maybe we should get his feedback on how we should handle the people

who stand in the back of the auditorums. What? You mean stand? So technically, you cannot stand in the back of the auditoriums?

It's against fire code. But every. Every time we ask people to sit, it's usually a big ordeal, especially people

who have degrees in communication, don't know how to communicate. What you do is you just say some simply like,

you know, thank you so much for coming to our facility. We paid a lot of money for these seats here.

You should try them. Would you? Would you would you please take a seat? Why don't you test it out for us? See if it breaks.

And when they tell you no or they say, Oh yeah, I'll find one in a minute or. I'm with so-and-so, I can stand.

Then what my role is to make sure that we have cheeks in the seats.

That's what my role is. And, you know, you're you're you're making that very difficult.

Every time we have an event now, I'm just going to have him come over and be the house manager, and that's going to be his only role.

You know, I could do that. give him a bull horn I'm going to speak with love and kindness. Would you please put your cheek in a seat?

It's face. It's. I mean, I will try that next time.

Now, you have to. Understand, I'm going to collect data on how many times that word you have.

Some people can get away with certain things. Yes. You know, if I said that, people go like, oh, that Ashley is crazy.

You know, I'm going to go sit down. Yeah. See, I'm pregnant so I can do it. Yeah, you can. Yeah. But before being pregnant

and people see the tattoos, they're usually covered up for events the fact that your RBF is just as strong as mine.

RBF? Yeah. For you always, you always don't look happy.

Resting B Face Oh, I would have said it but.

Oh then Michael would need to edit. Yeah, it's not like I did. Yeah well it's fine, he cursed already.

I know, but he's different. It's doctor Ashley. Sure. Is there anything. Else? No, that was the last question.

That's why I put the question marks for the last one. Because I knew we would get off topic. Yeah.

Yeah. So what else do we guys want to talk about now?

Yeah. What, are you going to restart a catering company?

When are you going to start bringing us caterers that you approve of? I need to start bringing some food.

Yes. What? I just saw something. I wish I was. I was reading the.

The newsletter newsletter, thats what its called I was reading a newsletter

and it said that you guys have a a vendor fair coming up. In the spring. Mm hmm. We did one last August.

She does her second. This will be the third. So once when coming in the spring, the when? Oh, yeah. March 3rd. Second.

March 2nd. Ooh. Well, if you need an expert taster, let me know.

While you're all you get the invitations. Yeah, but you know, if you need an expert. Okay, we'll let him come an hour early.

He'll be here for setup. Yeah, you. Can be our guest. INTERVIEWER Oh.

We could for the caterers. You could do our podcast, interview the caterers. Oh, I'd love to. Yeah.

And like live tasting. Yes, yeah. Make it out.

Jamie just added more work for herself. Crickets from that petite,

which means the. No, not petite cushion, which means the little pig.

Let me try these. Oh, so delicate.

We should have. We should. That tastes like poo poo

We should have him. And the dean do it together. Oh my God Can you imagine them both critiquing the food?

What exquisite little pastry we have here.

Let me. Let me try it. Oh, it's Pâté

Ooh, that's so good. Make you slap your mama.

Have you ever thought about being a voiceover for an audiobook or a radio personality? Well, you. Know.

You're like anime voiceover do. I used to be the announcer for women's basketball here.

And also that softball for years. Really. Back in the days

guy they had a crazy guy who used to in baseball and I used to do softball this is this was his days.

This woman had the whole softball park of and we used to do oh god I'd have him go

would do the Macarena every day and everything in the Stands.

But I've been voiceover for radios before. That's awesome. I can see that.

But yeah, I know he's had how many lives. Here we are today at the coffee talk podcast.

He should do our intro. It's our hosts today are Sarah and T.J..

He's a very smooth, like smooth jazz. Smooth jazz. And now we have this song from.

We Can't Play It because it's copyrighted. Now we have access.

To a lot of music. We don't need it. We just Dr. Ashely to sing the intro.

Oh yeah, you can sing to. Get him and Damon to do a duet. Yeah, we could sing too

we get him to do duet? Oh, yeah. at Christy's Christina's thing. What at?

Christina He sang for us during COVID when the dean was running late to one of our Zoom meetings.

Oh, he sang for us. Question. Question. Just out of curiosity, you know, Curiosity killed the cat.

The monkey got away with murder. Yeah, you to.

She always goes there. Curious George. The monkey. Curious killed the cat.

Not my monkey, not my circus. Okay? Not my yellow hat.

So you're catching up? Yeah. No, I'm here. I'm here for the show. Out of. Curiosity. Curiosity.

I do not like green eggs and ham. Sam, I am. Not like, have you tried them

in a boat? I will not try them in a boat? I will not try them with a fox

And with a goat. Goat. Hey, I do like those green egss and

Yeah, I just try. Okay. Where's that? Where's the curiosity part? Besides the green eggs and ham, where are you going with this.

Oh, oh, forget it. It's okay. Okay.

Oh, dr. Ashley We, we are going to have a Christmas soiree, right.

As far as I know she's got it booked here. She's got it booked here I have no details on it, though. Well, what do you guys think?

We need a Santa Claus? Oh. Would you totally do it? Yes, I've done it before, haven't I?

Not that I have never knew. Then I do. Santa Claus. Can we dress as elves if he's Santa Claus as elves?

Absolutely. Yes, we can be the PCC elves and go. What happened to that elf?

Yeah, I got stuck at the island of Misfit Toys.

I thought I did. Santa Claus one time did not do it. Maybe it was before we were part of the college.

It may my. She wasn't paying attention. No, I mean, I've works all of them.

It depends on the the weather if it's cool or I. Oh, God. Well we Michael to pull. The air down. Yeah.

Because that outfit is hot. It's hot. You're going to grow your own beard. Oh, no, I got, I got the beard and everything.

So what I could do is I could I could come up here and get dressed up here. Then I'll come down the stairs. Ho ho!

We need to rent a chair for him so people can take pictures with Santa. Yeah, I do that. When I was in system office, when I was vice chancellor.

Oh, my goodness. I thought I'd go down to all the floors and the pictures with Santa.

That's awesome. We should do that. Well, just tell Mary will plan the event for her. Yeah, okay.

I think she'll give us time. To tell her. Give us a budget. Yeah, we'll have. Pictures with Santa. That'll be awesome.

Do you have your own suit or will you need? I am on set. We make the Dean Rudolph

with the bright red nose. Well, let's not go there. Let's not go there.

We can get Betty involved to. Okay. Yeah, we can be the elves. He can be. Santa

Did you guys have a mrs. Claus outfit? Oh, I think she does a work appropriately.

Yes, probably. Ho ho Oh,

ha Oh, gee. I feel like I'm actually living the intro to the Santa Claus movie

where they talk about someone secretary sitting on his lap. Oh, yeah, yeah.

They're coming out with another one. No. Comes out this year. Well, yes, that would be awesome. We’ll jsut tell Mary we will plan the whole thing

Play any of it for play. Okay, I'll pitch in some funds. I'll tell Jo. Just deal with it now.

I'll call Dr. Ashley approved. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, when the dean's not here, you know, that's

what happens when they make you executive associate dean. Yeah. And then he has to travel so much so.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, thank you so much. We love having you here. Trying to say I got to leave.

Well, no classroom meetings. I have. Yeah, I have questions that aren't going to be recorded. Yeah, yeah. We have lots of questions on.

That wont be recorded So thank you for joining us. It's always

I feel like we should go. It's always for something to be here. You know, what we need to do is we need to do the next one in his office.

could crashes class. Yeah, but we should do the next one in his office.

Go to him next time. I like coming up here. He gets me away. Gets him away.

Well, we can still do that. We just do a random one. off the cuff I mean, I have time scheduled in October to go over there

to deliver Halloween treats.

Oh, I got to try to figure out way a dress up as is Halloween. We still need to get those flight suits

I've been keeping an eye on the price of them. Yeah, you. Have you seen them where. Amazon sells them?

Well, Amazon sells them. But the military depot, the. What is it called.

Oh they have them here. Yeah. And I remember well used to have them at the one in the mall but then that one closed and I think they just merged with the one.

Because the dean and I got to dress up as Maverick and goose. Yeah. So that's what we were going to try and find some flight suits for y'all.

Mary was supposed to give us the measurements a long time ago, and, you know, there's obviously more important things that she's dealing with.

I'm going to be the witch Hansel and Gretel for Halloween.

I have the belly. Such a Dow downer. Yeah, she's called the gingerbread hag.

This is why it's her favorite time of year. She gets away with being dark. Okay?

I get away with being dark every day. So not all of us are as lucky as you, Dr.

Ashley. So. Okay, well, we got Casper the Friendly Ghost over.

Oh, my God. Wouldn't that be a sight? Geez. I don't have that round of a head.

Am I supposed to say thank you or. Oh, you thank me. Thank you. Do you. Think?

Yes. We love having. You. Oh, you're so welcome. You're welcome. Over here anytime.

Okay. Even without the podcast is. One of my favorite hangouts. I like hanging out here.

Yeah, it's sort of like the cool kids. You want to, you want to you want to eat it there.

You know, this cafeteria table because you have the cool kids. Yeah.

I feel like there's a lot of clips that are just I. Can't wait till my child is old enough to understand.

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