And thank you so much for joining us once again. It is the Knightley Pleasures podcast. I am your host and the author of the piece you're about to hear today, The Grey Knight. You can call me Jack. Oh my God, what a breath I needed to take after all that. You have no idea. What if I ran all the way over here to sit down and then hit this button and then tried to record as quickly as possible.

What if I was being chased by a ravenous pack of a single panther that was shrunk down to the size of a house cat,

but still just as ravenous? What if I were trying as hard as I can and you were making fun of me?

Wouldn't you feel awful?

Probably not, because I don't.

When I hear an introduction like that for a podcast,

I think, you're winging it.

You're winging it, sir, or madame.

You're totally not in any way trying to be an official person.

But I am.

I'm trying so very hard, can't you tell?

Well, as you can tell, I'm stretching myself.

I don't really have a lot of news.

That is to say, for the first time, in a long time, about five years now, I approve of the

president of the United States of America. What could have happened to make me suddenly

change and support the White House for the first time in two presidencies in five years. Well, the Biden's got a fucking cat and they named it something really cute. They named it Willow. I love Willow. It's a great name for a kitty. I can do a couple of Willows. Willow is always a cute name. I think it's a very cute name for a kitty. Oh, don't get me wrong. Willow is a human name. It's also the name of half-sized humans that fight monstrous creatures in the 80s with the help of Al Kilmer,

but it's also kind of not a human name insofar that it is both a tree and kind of perfect for a kitty cat.

So, Willow, the nicest thing that's happened in politics in the last five and a half years.

Willow, won't you enjoy it with me?

Okay, that's it.

That's the only good news I've got.

A lot of you asked about Spirit Fair.

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