Living On A Golf Course (Day 3588 - 9/21/19)

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Stephen is filming people at the golf course across the lake looking for a golf ball they lost. Those people ended up giving up on finding it. Stephen says that one of the joys of living on a golf course is seeing people dramatically screwing up when hitting the ball. He's not trying to say that he's better at golf--because he's terrible at it, but he says that it has nothing to do with being able to laugh at other people doing badly. Stephen says that there are a lot of golf balls in their yard which shouldn't happen. Mallory says that none of the golf holes are in the direction of their house and that you would have to hit it through some woods to get to their yard. Stephen says that it's fun seeing 4 adult men searching for a ball because they hit it so far off the beaten path. Mal says that she once saw a golf ball in the yard of the house across the street from them. She wonders how badly you would have to hit a ball to get it to go through their yard and across the street into the other yard.

Stephen says that they slept in a lot today. They both haven't experienced a lot of jet lag after returning from their trip to China. Stephen talks about how when they had returned from their Japan trip in April, they had really bad jet lag for 2 weeks that would hit them like a ton of bricks at random moments. They haven't had any of that jet lag since they came back from China which is unusual. Stephen mentions that he also didn't get any jet lag after they their first Japan trip in 2016. He then talks about how their bodies are still kind of run down because they both absentmindedly turned off their alarms this morning. Stephen guesses that maybe their bodies wanted some more rest since they are still feeling under the weather.

Then, he talks about how he's feel better now that the dual stream for The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is over. The stream required a lot of set up since there was a lot of equipment. He's excited to stream the game again next week though. Stephen now has to return his computer set up to normal since they are recording for Stephen & Friends today. He also says that he needs to record some episodes for Morning Mario today since he doesn't have any available to release next week. Stephen says that if he doesn't do it today, then Dan won't have enough time to edit them.

They are having eggs and toast for lunch. Mal tells Stephen to explain all the boxes that are in the kitchen. Stephen says that one of the things that Mal was excited to bring back from Wisconsin was some of her heirloom china and stemware. She has been waiting for a chance to bring it home for years. Mal takes out a plate and explains that it belonged to her grandfather on Mark's side of the family. Mal says that her grandfather's sister never had kids, so her grandfather's sister gave it to Mal's aunt. Mal's aunt was moving and decided that she didn't want to keep the heirloom china and stemware anymore, so she asked if anyone in the family wanted them. No one in the family except for Mal wanted them. Mal says that she felt like she should keep the heirloom china in the family. She liked the china because it was simple and not overly gaudy. The heirloom china includes things like dishware and a gravy boat. Mal hasn't gone through all of it yet, so she doesn't know everything that's in the box.

Mal then says that there is also stemware. There is apparently a story behind it, but she has to ask another family member to find out what that story is. Mal says that the stemware she is holding could be Vaseline glass. She explains that back in the early 1930s or 1940s, they would put uranium in glassware. Mal says that if it's true Vaseline glass, then it will glow when put under a black light. She says that even if it's Vaseline glass, she wouldn't drink from the glass anyway since it's old. Mal says that she will probably just put it in a China cabinet someday along with her heirloom china. She's curious to see if it's real Vaseline glass though because the glass is green-colored. Stephen says that Vaseline glass is supposedly safe to have around, but not safe to drink out of. Mal plans to go to Player's Choice to find out because the arcade at Player's Choice has black lights. Stephen says that they might go to Player's Choice if they have duplicate games after filming a mail video so that Mal can check the glassware.

Later, they finished recording Broken Picturephone for game night. Stephen mentions that Chaz had recreated all of Broken Picturephone from scratch. Chaz also added some more features to the game. Stephen says that Chaz also added a feature for pressure sensitivity for drawing tablets. He says that there have been previous episodes where he used a drawing tablet for the game, but now he just uses a mouse. Stephen will sometimes take out his drawing tablet for an episode though. He talks about how a lot of people in their group like using drawing tablets, so the added feature is a big benefit for them. Stephen says that it will also benefit other players who like playing Broken Picturephone with a drawing tablet. He then talks about how he also recorded some Morning Mario episodes. Stephen says that since he has those episodes ready, he feels comfortable getting back to editing vlogs. He says that he hasn't been editing vlogs ever since they got back from China and he's running out of space on his computer. Stephen also has to dump all the footage on his SD cards from their trip to China since that footage takes up hundreds of gigabytes.