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Guaranteed Human.

Tis Groundhog Day.

Happy Monday to you.

I hope you got a wonderful weekend.

I enjoy this weather.

It makes me want to get out and do things as opposed to our August heat, which just saps me of my energy.

This weather and the breaking of this weather and the beginnings of spring, oh, this is a time.

I know that it's in vogue to criticize the weather wherever you live, particularly if that is Houston.

But if you were to actually look on a chart at the number of pretty days that we have, we have a lot of pretty days in Houston.

Our summers are brutal. There's no way around that. But we have a lot of really pretty days, and we had some of those this weekend. So other than the fact that you're going to have a high water bill from running your tap, these are good times. I have said, for those of you who've listened over the years, and many of you've been with us for a very long time. Grateful for that.

I feel like we've developed like we're family at this point.

I have said many times over the years, and you've heard me say it, that we don't talk politics every day.

We don't talk serious stuff every day.

We might mention a story in the news and offer some commentary upon it and when things

are important, I will discuss that. But what I have said again and again is that I want you to

know that when I get serious about subjects, it is because it is time to be serious. It is the season. It is the fourth quarter,

two minutes left. This is game time. This is where it comes down to. Well, we have entered that

period of time for the primary season. Both the Democrats and the Republicans will begin

early voting on February 17th, which is two

weeks from tomorrow. And there will be early voting from the 17th through the 27th with, I hate this

term, Election Day on March 3rd. I hate this term because every year there will be someone

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