Hello and welcome to episode 121 of the Blind By Podcast. You can't. We're going to begin

this week's episode with a poem which was written by the actor Timothy Shalamet.

I dribbled hot butter on my knee in a theater in Portugal. We were there to see a performance

of the Phantom of the Opera. The butter caused my kneecap to enlarge in a proud blister filled

with my fluids. At night I could hear the waters of the blister slash around. My knees sounded

like the oceans of the coast of Martinique. I drew a little beard and some eyes on my blister

with a sharpie. The blister began to talk to my other kneecap, started telling it what to do

where to go. And this is why I am here tonight at your door. That poem was called My Blister and was

submitted by the French actor Timothy Shalamet. Thank you very much Timothy for submitting that.

You may notice the background music is different this week. Normally I have that little piano thing

going on which I've done for 120 podcasts. And I just figure why not why not change it up? Why not

for the crack for the laugh? I mean the piano is there for the podcast hug. I want to relax,

I want you to relax and to kind of hypnotize into a space of of contemplation and relaxation with

the piano loop. But I figure it might as well shake things up. You know I'll add a little salt

to the podcast by putting some some no music this week. And you can tell me what you think whether

this enhances your experience or does the opposite of what enhancing is dehensing. I know some of

you are probably wondering if I'm still doing dry January because it's like a month into January. I am.

I have abstained completely from the drinking of alcohol for 28 days. And it's it's joyful, it's joyful

and it's pleasurable. I'm a big fan of it. Am I going to continue not drinking alcohol? No.

How do I explain it? It's I'm nearly I'm nearly doing dry January not for abstinence

but for I love an appreciation about alcohol. Here's the crack. I've been offered for a month

fucking fantastic. Better sleep, more energy and my weeks are longer because it's like I'm not

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