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Hello and welcome back to Big Mood, Little Mood. I am your host, Daniel M. Lavery.

And with me in the studio this week is Tori Bedford, a writer and journalist who lives in Boston

with her two small dogs. Tori, welcome to the show.

Thank you so much for having me on. What an honor.

It's so wonderful to have you on. You and I have shared so many things. A bed in a province

town, Airbnb, pictures of my recent cyst removal scalp procedure, discussions about intestinal

blockages that our dogs have. We've really lived a very full life together, I think.

We have. We've had some really beautiful memories, including our sexy sleepover,

where we just ate candy and watched adventure time. And then, yeah, I am disappointed that

you did not ask to take the cyst home. Truly. I think that you, you two could have really

had something special, but I'm sorry that they didn't let you. I assume you asked.

No, no, no, because the thought that I had was like, if I ask and they say no, the next time I come

in, I'm going to steal it. And they might be on the lookout for my stealing it. Whereas,

if I like that just helped clarify, like I left without it. And I was like, that was the wrong

move. So next time I'm just going to take it. Next time. Okay. Is this like a thing where it was

dangerous for you to have a cyst in your head or was this like a thing where you have a really

short haircut and you don't want a lumpy head? Yeah, I just started getting them like once I turned

about 30. Okay. They're not that big, but they drove me nuts like they don't hurt. And there's

nothing wrong with them, but I hated them. And I was always like, why is there a small lump on my

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