"Welcome to 'Sure Jan!' with Jan!" – An insightful Gen X perspective on life, blending humor and reflections on the past and present. Consistently entertaining, occasionally serious, but always engaging! Plus, we'll be diving into our favorite segments: 'Peeve', 'Ya ever?', and 'Way back'. So sit back, relax, and get ready for some joking, laughing, and a good time. "Let's hightail into it!"
Jan shares a Halloween recap, childhood costume stories, movies worth revisiting, and a few everyday moments involving Chupa. She also reflects on the U.S. election results and imagines an AI-animated series about switching perspectives with her dog.
Jan’s carved pumpkin went rotten within a couple of days, and only two kids came by for Halloween.
She remembers being a cheetah in kindergarten and giving classmates rides on her back, which left grass stains on her costume. Her first-grade costume was Popeye.
Childhood ideas for tattoos gave way to a more recent thought: tattooing flags to represent her ancestry. She decided against it as her DNA ancestry estimates kept changing.
A missed-camera moment: Chupa’s squeaky Poké Ball toy bounced off her back, briefly making it look as if Jan had caught her.
Jan panned the 1986 movie Star Knight, while recommending Sunshine as an intense film that merits a second, more focused viewing.
Jan celebrates the U.S. elections
She hopes to make an AI-animated mini-series in which she and Chupa switch places and experience the world from each other’s perspective.
Jan closes with encouragement to hang in there and to adopt a pet rather than shop.
Star Knight 1985 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088870/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_star%20knight) Sunshine (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_sunshine)
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29 Oct 2026
Crypto, Creepy Noises, and Halloween
Crypto, Creepy Noises, and Halloween: Jan chats about learning crypto mining, a few spooky moments at home, and the Halloween traditions and movies she’s enjoying. She also shares a road-safety rant and plans for playing tetherball with her dog, Chupa.
Jan explains her small-scale crypto setup, including free phone games and a miner connected to CK Pool, while noting that hitting a Bitcoin block is extremely unlikely.
She vents about drivers using no headlights in rainy or dark conditions, and why flashing lights can be a warning rather than a request to change lanes.
Her new oversized “Pluffis (https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&pf=1&ai=DChsSEwi5gtPjgt6XAxVHAK0GHddhATIYACICCAEQABoCcHY&co=1&ase=2&gclid=CjwKCAjwuobXBhBXEiwAYUaIlf1qKYhIPy7MV0DkBWKlODSBWIz2-RIXNI2r5AjrT5rMcTDsq4JopBoCutIQAvD_BwE&cid=CAAS0wHkaCXnXhsmvpeZu06COU0Xh5PH3wDXa2wP54C0GXuHFX6xl8SuWuGC_1edi1zU86bBcyswV2zBzbnu1dh6Y2epzS0PYjfEZK4ksNr1-ooPst5nU3VEPazmaO2s2DWnCEo1ngtcV3lshd9G-QSXUdBZjwISRwa56tSAg5PLgH0f7QhIF0FWXJO4Kmc_iKGc8zmxQe4DnL0KIu6c23CdD76YZ1SPWVAN1XIFAk3VewYOopdg6q4-xPC_eyquY2WdQDqJYz_zTo_0rnAMGhu4FMtknJlj&cce=2&category=acrcp_v1_32&sig=AOD64_0j9zeQOidfxXo6_sIw3j6smhwMvA&q&nis=4&adurl=https://pluffislippers.store/pages/pluffi-slippers?gad_source%3D1%26gad_campaignid%3D24392924092%26gbraid%3D0AAAABDzIbIUZ2kwIzHrnypf8kILIHREZG%26gclid%3DCjwKCAjwuobXBhBXEiwAYUaIlf1qKYhIPy7MV0DkBWKlODSBWIz2-RIXNI2r5AjrT5rMcTDsq4JopBoCutIQAvD_BwE&ved=2ahUKEwjNuszjgt6XAxWtIDQIHQ19PfIQ0Qx6BAgZEAE)” slippers are cozy enough to inspire a game of indoor soccer with Chupa.
Jan describes hearing a woman’s voice and old-fashioned typewriter sounds at home, along with unexplained moments involving a ball that seemed to roll out from under a dog bed.
She remembers Halloween as a day of school costume parades, neighborhood trick-or-treating, and sealed candy, and reflects on how different the holiday feels now.
Her Halloween movie watchlist includes Hocus Pocus (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107120/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_6_nm_1_in_0_q_hocus%20), Hocus Pocus 2 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11909878/?ref_=tt_mlt_i_1), Sleepy Hollow (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162661/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_sleepy), Edward Scissorhands (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099487/?ref_=tt_mlt_i_2), The Ninth Gate (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142688/?ref_=mv_desc), Pumpkinhead (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095925/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_pump), and Practical Magic (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120791/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_4_nm_4_in_0_q_prac).
Jan shares plans to set up a tetherball set for Chupa, carve a pumpkin, and look into ways to use the pumpkin’s insides for her dog.
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22 Oct 2026
Sure Jan! With Jan: The Sure Jan Podcast S2 E43
Sure Jan Podcast: Lane-hoppers, Gen X scars, and a farting dog, Jan’s had a rough week, so naturally the traffic gets a piece of her mind. This episode takes a scenic route through survival tips, movie nostalgia, old-school Gen X childhoods, and a memorable scar—with Chupa the dog getting blamed for at least one suspicious noise along the way.In this episode
Pick a lane, people. Jan’s traffic peeve: drivers who change lanes five times in a mile, apparently searching for the one lane that leads directly to inner peace.
Water from air? A video about collecting water with a tarp sparks Jan’s survivalist curiosity—and the reminder that a bug-out bag is already part of the plan.
Chupa: innocent until proven guilty. A fart sound interrupts the survival video. The dog is accused. The video is eventually caught in the act.
A comedy classic gets another spin. Jan revisits I’m Gonna Get You, Sucka (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095348/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_im%20gonna%20)and remembers just how funny—and star-studded—it is.
Accents, catchphrases, and gaming memories. Jan talks about mangling English and Australian accents, friends copying her sayings, and the fearsome Halo foes known as the “big green meanies.”
Gen X: outside until the streetlights came on. Bikes, scraped knees, neighborhood news traveling at lightning speed, and no livestream footage of the questionable decisions.
A shark with a backstory. Jan remembers her mom turning an elbow scar into a shark face—and why washing it off was simply not an option.
Speaking up about medication. Jan shares a health update and explains why she plans to ask her doctor about a possible medication interaction before taking anything new.
Jan wraps up with plans for a little podcast break and the usual reminders: vote, adopt, don’t shop, and spay or neuter your pets. Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/podcastsurejan/)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@surejanpodcast)
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