So Mike, did you enjoy your cortex miss?

A little too much, I think.

That's the problem with cortex mess is it's the time when we take a break from work and relax for a while,

and sometimes it's a little bit hard to get back into

the swing of things.

I've been trying very hard the past couple of days just to get back into working again post holiday season and I have just

failed repeatedly but this recording of cortex was on the schedule you wouldn't let me

move it and so it's like oh I can no longer be in

denial that the holidays are still going on like oh it's January 4th that's still

sort of Christmas New Year time right right? Nope, not anymore.

Now we're recording.

Now work for the rest of the year is starting again.

You've tried to drop this in a message conversation we had.

We are probably recording a show tomorrow. You knew full well that we were. It was just your last dish attempt to get out of it.

It's like, I just give it one more go.

Yeah, I thought maybe maybe you'd want to push it back, you know, another week or so.

I received a early Christmas gift in the form of an iPad pro coloring book app.

Oh, finally, your wish has come true, Mike.

It's so glorious as well. It's called pigment.

And it's just superb.

Is it everything that you hoped it would be?

About 90% of what I would like it to be.

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