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I just wanted to give a little bit of an update on everything going on.

You might have noticed there's a little bit of a lull in episodes. I haven't

really had as much time to record episodes. But a few months ago, my wife and I became parents.

We have a beautiful little daughter, and her name is Ellie, and we could not be more happy. We are just

smitten over the moon. It's life changing. Being a dad is the most wonderful experience I could

have ever asked for. So very grateful. It's wonderful coming home to your own child. Um, but yeah, uh, that's obviously

taken up a lot of my time. Uh, I have my full time job and have a daughter now. So it's very exciting. Um,

my wife is an absolute rock star. She had a long labor, 36 hours. And, yeah, we have this beautiful,

beautiful daughter. And yeah, I've also been working to get my book published. And as you guys

know, it's been quite a journey. It's something

that started a while back. I actually came up with the idea for the book in Thanksgiving,

2022, the book about George Washington. And then from there, I started writing it, had it edited by a professional editor who edits

popular books that have been published. I then, and I also had it fact-checked by a historian

and by historian Jane Hampton Cook, who's somebody that I consider a very good friend and a great historian.

So, yeah, I've been working on that.

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