The podcast returns with a menu to both put you to sleep and make hungry: The All American Diner. Skippy Peanut Butter and Welch's Jam Sandwich for $2.75? Meatball hero for $7? 12 oz of hot Columbian coffee for $1.25? Count me in. Listen in to find out more about the options. Or read along at https://www.zomato.com/new-york-city/all-american-diner-lower-manhattan/menu With host Mike Shafer. If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals...

More to come, Sleepyheads.

It somehow took over 60 episodes and 31 Mini Manuals to get to gelato, but here we finally are. Ice cream and gelato are similar but also much different. Listen in to learn what makes this Italian dessert taste so pure and vibrant.  Follow along at Food Nouveau: http://foodnouveau.com/recipes/how-tos/how-to-make-gelato/ With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

I have the perfect summer weekend plans: break out an old Clue board game (or borrow from a friend or buy a new version), enjoy this classic murder mystery with friends and family, and then finish up by watching the 1985 movie based off the game. And then get a great night of sleep. What could go wrong?  Read through the manual at https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Clue_(2002).pdf With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for...

Mini Manual #30 is back from travel hiatus to provide various methods on how to easily cut everyone's favorite summer snack: watermelon.  Follow along with visuals at: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food-recipes/a27198230/how-to-cut-a-watermelon/ With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

The hot and humid summer has me flashing back to the dehumidifier episode.  Basement musty and dusty? Laundry room far too humid? Check out this week's manual on the Frigidaire Dehumidifier.  Read through the manual at https://www.manualslib.com/manual/255890/Frigidaire-2020266a0107.html#manual With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Work travels for the next week mean we're on summer break and flashbacks to older episdoes. Let's first Flashback to the funniest manual ever written, and perhaps the funniest thing ever written. If you zonk out to this one, congrats. Please enjoy Gary Dahl's wonderfully witty manual for the Pet Rock.  Read through this hilarious manual at https://www.scribd.com/doc/252772385/The-Care-and-Training-of-Your-Pet-Rock-Manual-by-Gary-Dahl With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please...

Mini Manual #29 checks in with two of the more important toiletries in my life: Salonpas, the pain relieving patch, and Cremo Shave Cream, the smoothest and most invigorating cream I've used in my many years of shaving.  Check out all of the Cremo products and labels at: https://cremocompany.com/ With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Porcelain molding has been a around for ages. The Scientific American Supplement helps us peak behind the curtain to learn a bit more about this fascinating this process from 1885. Head over to Project Gutenberg for the article: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13939/13939-h/13939-h.htm With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

I've made no secret about the importance of staying hydrated. As it heats up, that's more important than ever. Today's Mini Manual goes over the packing information on my refrigerator water filter.  With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

We're celebrating the first day of summer by covering a manual for one of the most used items during summer time: a common, everyday hose. And more specifically, a fancy hose reel to make using and rewinding your hose a breeze on those hot summer days.  Find the manual at: https://www.suncast.com/media/blfa_files/RSH125_Inst_manual_0361081F_EN_3.pdf With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals...

Staying regular is more important than ever. Probiotics help us do that, and none better than Mary Ruth's Daily Liquid Probiotic. The box is a manual in itself, with not only instructions but helpful FAQs on how and why probiotics work.  Learn more about all of their products at: https://www.maryruthorganics.com/ With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Looking to stay cool during the summer? Want a steady hum to help you sleep? Listen in to this week's episode on box fans.  Find the manual at: https://www.lasko.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/B20573_Lasko_Weather-Shield_Box_Fan.pdf With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Everyone has their must have items going into the summer season. I have a few, but three essentials: anti-itch gel for bug bites, sun screen, and water. Moquitoes love me as much as the sun does, so I come prepared. When bug spray doesn't work, I turn to my handy Itch Eraser. I put sun screen on repeatedly when I'm enjoying time outdoors. I also make sure to stay hydrated, year-round but more importantly when I'm sweating in the hot summer heat.  If you like the show, please subscribe,...

“More than just a practical how-to list, instruction manuals can reveal much about the time and society in which they were written. How they have evolved tells us about how we’ve changed too.” Helene Schumacher from BBC Future takes us deep into the world of instruction manuals.  Find the full article at: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180403-inside-the-world-of-instruction-manuals With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for...

We're into June and it's warming up. It's time to learn all about the refreshing beer that helps introduce us to the world of "sours".  Read along at https://beerandbrewing.com/make-your-best-berliner-weisse/ and find the specific recipe at https://beerandbrewing.com/scared-sour-berliner-weisse-recipe/.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

To help prepare for a special summer beer episode, we're flashing back to the amber ale episode to learn all about brewing beer.  Read through at: https://52brews.com/how-to-make-beer (Also check out Mark's how-to video at the bottom of the page.) Find out more about Joshua M. Berstein's stellar "The Complete Beer Course" at https://www.joshuambernstein.com/complete-beer-course/. With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other...

Mini Manual #24 provides tips and safety advice before you get out your handy weed whacker to put the finishing touches on your lawn work.  Read along at http://www.weedtrimmerline.com/11-tips-to-use-string-trimmer-efficiently/ If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

The show's hit 50 episodes! I'm celebrating with a work trip out of the country. What better way to prepare than to cover an out of office checklist.  Read along at https://verilymag.com/2017/06/ooo-vacation-days-office-prep.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Mini Manual #23 takes all of that vibrant and tasty fruit and turns it into a refreshing cold dish to serve at summer gatherings.  Read along at Jaclyn Bell's blog -- Cooking Classy --  at https://www.cookingclassy.com/honey-lime-rainbow-fruit-salad/ If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Tune in to fall learn whilst falling asleep to this blooming episode on how to plant flowers.  Read along at https://www.wikihow.com/Plant-Flowers If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Mini Manual #22 is ready to play ball, describing several ways to break in that new baseball glove.  Read along at https://www.baseballmonkey.com/how-to-break-in-a-baseball-glove AND at https://www.fatherly.com/play/how-to-break-in-kids-baseball-glove/.  With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

The Scientific American Supplement is back again, this time from 1898, with an article offering various theories on the causes of sleep.  Read along at https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18265/18265-h/18265-h.htm#art08. With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Mini Manual #21 shows exactly how to use Nasacort to combat those pesky allergens, during spring and throughout the year.  Read along at https://www.nasacort.ca/en/how-to-use With host Mike Shafer.  If you like the show, please subscribe, review, share, and send over requests for other product manuals to: Facebook Twitter Instagram

The game has started. You've moved your blue pawn across the majority of the board of play. You're 2 spots from the safe zone. Your turn is up next and all it will take is one card pull to get you in. Then your friend pulls a card, smirks, flips it over, and says "Sorry!" while she swaps out a red pawn from her start area with your oh-so-close to home blue pawn. You grumble and continue on, hoping the luck turns in your favorite next time around.  Sorry!, the game of sweet revenge, is...