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The LNBE Podcast
Mike Rispoli presents: The LNBE Podcast—"Literally Nothing, But Everything."
It’s a mix of personal stories, life lessons, and hot takes, all told like you're on the phone with your most unfiltered friend.
No experts. No advice. Just vibes, opinions, and faith-based curiosity.
The LNBE Podcast
Episode 56 - Nothing but Quirky Sports and Reflections
Skipping the Pro Bowl was a no-brainer for me, waiting instead for the excitement of flag football in the Olympics. Come along as I share a weekend escapade of bowling with a lady friend and discovering the sport's surprisingly suggestive terminology when guiding a newbie. Reminiscing about my childhood lessons in competitiveness with my dad, I reflect on the importance of earning victories without relying on participation trophies.
Switching gears, I extend a more personal note and thoughts. Whether you’re questioning my sanity or sharing your opinions, your feedback is gold and remember, every like, rate, subscribe, and share helps this podcast grow. Enjoy this unique episode with laughs and reflection, and I look forward to connecting with you again soon.
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All right, what's going on? Everybody? Welcome back. Thanks for tuning into this episode of the LNBE podcast, where LNBE stands for literally nothing but everything. I'm Mike Rispoli and I got to admit after doing 56 episodes of this. The introduction never seems to get any easier. Every single time I record that damn thing, I'm always just like that is just so fucking cringy. But we're all here. Hopefully you guys have made it to episode 56. Thank you for tuning in every week. If you guys do want to check me out on my socials, you can find me at the LNBE Podcast, on TikTok and Instagram, and also, if you guys want to feel free to write in, you can email me at lnbemedia at gmailcom. But with that, I hope everybody had a fantastic weekend.
Speaker 1:There was no football on this weekend. Well, what do you mean? There wasn't football on this weekend? You didn't watch the Pro Bowl. Fuck, no, what was I gonna do? Sit around and watch a bunch of professional athletes play flag football. I can go and see that at a rec league anywhere. I'm not gonna watch flag football. I'll wait in a few years, when that shit makes the Olympics, then I'll watch it. That, I think, would actually be more fun to watch, because I've already seen Josh Allen hurtling linebackers in the NFL. Watching him hurdle some beer-bellied walk-on who thinks mass is all you need to play defensive line from another country, I think is going to be way more entertaining than watching a bunch of people who do this for a living playing flag football. So I'll wait three years, once it hits the olympics, to watch that. But, um, hopefully your guys's weekend was fantastic.
Speaker 1:Well, what else did you do over the weekend? All right, well, since you asked, I actually went bowling with a lady friend and I haven't been bowling in years. I think the last time I went was when I was a junior in college, but I will say I think it was the first time that I went bowling for a date and I think after going I kind of realized why. Because if you've ever gone bowling, you got to walk up. You take that big old ball, rub it close to your chest, you take three dainty steps forward, seven if you're a little person, you swing your arm back and then you fling it forward and, no matter what, you always end up in the curtsy position. I don't care who you are you could be the biggest, baddest, toughest dude, you could be the rock and you're still gonna look gay bowling. I don't know. I mean I could be sounding totally arrogant right now, but am I on to something? I'll tell you what. You probably never thought about that before. But, ladies, you take your boyfriend or your fiance or your husband out bowling. I don't think you're going to see him in the same way now. But you know what, while I was there, I had a thought. But you know what, while I was there, I had a thought and I was thinking that if you ever had to explain bowling to somebody who has never gone before, it is probably the most sexual shit ever.
Speaker 1:All right, so the first thing that you're going to want to do is you're going to want to take that big, shiny, smooth ball, put it in the palm of your hand, move it around a bit, get a good feel. Then what? Then? You're gonna finger it right in the three holes, get a good grip on it, but make sure it's not too tight and not too loose. You want the grip to be Goldilocks. Just right, keep going. All right. Then you step up to where you're gonna thrust that ball forward. You don't want too much force, but you want to thrust your arm back and forth to generate just the right amount of speed. But when you do, you want to release that big old ball at just the right angle in order to pipe it in for a strike. Oh heavens, I don't know Anybody else hard right now.
Speaker 1:But um, yeah, no, I actually lost pretty bad one round. It was actually the first round. She got me on the first one and, not to diminish her skills, I have no problem if I get beat by a woman at something. That is not the case, guys. I grew up with two sisters. My ass would get beat by women all the time. Growing up I've gotten pretty accustomed to get my ass beat by women at things. But I would like to say in my defense it was because it took me a while to get my groove. Um, I hadn't been. If I was a junior in college that would mean that it would be like eight years since the last time I had been. But then, once I kind of got the hang of it, I showed no mercy. Dude, this is feminist America, you gotta earn the win. Plus, I gotta say it doesn't help that I'm just like a naturally competitive person.
Speaker 1:So once I lost I was like ain't no way I'm gonna lose the next round, which, in all honesty, I blame my parents growing up, because growing up my dad would be playing basketball with me and my sisters and my dad I mean, he's not the tallest guy, he's like maybe five, eight, five, nine, so he would actually lower the rim to like eight feet and he we were like seven, eight years old he would be dunking on us. He's like, hey, you guys want to win, you guys got to earn the win, which at the time it was like, well, fuck you, dad. But honestly, now as an adult, I'm glad that he did that and I also really respect it, because growing up in my house there was no such thing as a participation award, so if I wanted to beat my dad at basketball, I had to do it by beating him fair and square. He wasn't gonna go easy on me and it also just absolutely did not help that basketball was my worst sport and there's a lot of life lessons to be taught in that as well. Because, number one, it taught me the feeling of what it was like to lose as a kid and losing is never fun. But it also taught me that winning is not just a guaranteed thing you might be thinking. Oh well, it also wasn't fair that your dad would lower the rim, so it gave him an advantage. But you know what? There is no fairness in the game of life. So even if there is somebody with an advantage over you, you got to do what it takes and a drive to have within yourself to say you know what, fuck your advantage, I'm gonna do what it takes to beat your ass. But yeah, that first round of bowling did not go according to plan. If, if you guys saw it, you would have had to start calling me homeless Mike, cause I fucking lived in that gutter, which, in all honesty, might turn into more than just my bowling name quite soon, because I still have yet to find a fucking job.
Speaker 1:Job searching for me is going about as well as a baby sucking on a trans tit. Putting in all this work, applying to all these jobs for nothing to come out of it. I don't know, man, it really does just fucking suck. It is just exhausting getting rejection letter after rejection letter. I've been on three interviews for three companies. I made it to the third round of each interview just for them to pass up on me, go dark on me, or I had one case where they just postponed. They were like oh yeah, we're just stopping all interviews for all applicants.
Speaker 1:And it's just like, why are you gonna decide to internally hire for the role? Did you realize that you actually don't have it in your budget for this year to hire for the role? Like, why are you stopping this interview? It is just so exhausting having to deal with this bullshit. Seriously, like that's the thing. Why would you put up a post for a job and then come back and say, oh yeah, we actually don't. Either they don't know what they want out of the role, or they come back and they're like, oh, it's actually not within our budget. Well, if it's not within your budget, then why the fuck did you post the job? Oh my god, the fucking stupidity of corporate america. It just never ceases to amaze me. And I might sound totally crazy and honestly by now if you've listened to me long enough, you should already know this, but I'm just saying fuck it. And I don't know what it was. I love Nashville so much.
Speaker 1:I was only there for four days, but there was something about that city and I started to expand my job search to Nashville. Oh, but you haven't lived there, you have no idea what it's like down there. I'll tell you this it can't be any fucking worse than it is up here in stupid-ass Connecticut. I'll tell you that. Plus, it's amazing how many more job opportunities there actually are in that city. That was the only reason I even started applying.
Speaker 1:I just looked out of curiosity, like what's it like down there? And the amount of jobs that popped up on Indeed was astronomical. I couldn't even believe it. Oh well, what's your support system? Do you have any friends and family down there? What's your plan if it doesn't work out? What are you going to even do down there? All right, I, I'm listening to you, but respectfully fuck off, because, in all honesty, what are any of us really doing in this game of life? First of all and second of all, you know what.
Speaker 1:I've lived in Connecticut for 22 years. I lived in Rhode Island for a combined six, if you include my years in college and I. I just need a change. Like I know, this isn't like the funniest podcast that you've ever listened to. This is definitely more of a serious note. This is just more me. And in the age of feelings, let me tell you and the whole world how I'm feeling right now.
Speaker 1:But I don't know, guys Like you think I'm crazy if I dare to go down to Nashville Like I don't know. Maybe, like you think I'm crazy if I dare to go down to Nashville Like I don't know. Maybe astrology TikTok is rubbing off on me and I'm just throwing my manifestations out into the world. Nah, I still think that shit's bullshit. Excuse me, sorry, but I just keep thinking, like what did living in Rhode Island bring me, except for some of the closest friends that I could have ever imagined having? But it brought me into a job where I was making no money, where I've just always been like lowballed my whole corporate career. And then, even when I moved back to Connecticut, I never felt like I could get ahead because that was all I knew. And then what has Connecticut brought me since I moved back? I was laid off twice last year, so it's brought me nothing but bullshit. So maybe if I moved, that would be the change that I need in my life to maybe do something with it. Like I don't fucking know. I don't know what I'm doing and part of me wonders if me going down to Nashville wasn't just part of a bachelor party. Um, but it was actually part of like, maybe God's bigger plan and what he wanted out of my life, like maybe I had to go experience a new city, experience a new vibe, and see what else was out there. I mean, hell, if it wasn't for me going on that bachelor party, I never would have even thought about like applying to jobs down there until I I came back.
Speaker 1:Um, I was also talking to just people down there. They were all just so nice. I mean, I was talking to a person down there and I was like, yeah, in the New York, boston area, gfy isn't just an insult to somebody, it's also a term of endearment. And she goes what's GFY? And I'm like, holy crap, you don't even know what GFY stands for. Bless your little heart. It means go, fuck yourself, is what it means. And she was like, oh my God, so I don't know. Just the fact that everybody was so nice, like you do have some of that Southern charm.
Speaker 1:It really did seem like everyone down there was really willing to help you out, whereas in this area I feel like it's more of a what can you do for me rather than what can I do for you. And it was kind of crazy, because I was telling somebody about my situation and she was like, oh my God, like, look at my company. I know we're hiring, take a look and see if it's anything that you can do. I was. I was like holy crap, you don't even know me and you're already willing to help me out. That was just so like Unprecedented from what I'm used to, because up here in the north it's so competitive where it's like, even if you fucking know somebody at the company, they wouldn't even be able to guarantee you an interview.
Speaker 1:I don't know, I really just don't know. So maybe God wanted me to experience what a true southern city would be like and see what else might be out there, and maybe that was maybe his plan all along. I have no idea, but all I know is I just gotta have faith in what his plan is for me and what he wants me to get out of this life, and that's all I'm gonna say about that. But also, with that, I'm not gonna try and force an additional seven minutes, because I genuinely got nothing else to talk about. And in this new year of the podcast, I'm not gonna just try. Got nothing else to talk about. And in this new year of the podcast. I'm not going to just try and force shit to talk about when I have nothing to talk about, because that's not fun for you and it's definitely not fun for me.
Speaker 1:So with that, I hope you guys like this episode. I know it wasn't the quote unquote norm, but hopefully you guys enjoyed it and maybe write in. Tell me if you think I'm crazy. You can email me at lmb media at gmailcom, and if you did like the pod, please continue to share it with a friend, like it, subscribe, comment, do whatever it is that you guys normally would do to help boost it, because without your help this podcast will go nowhere. So thank you for doing all of that. Um, and with that, I hope you guys all have a fantastic week and I will see you on Friday. Thank you,
