Let's get a mic check here, one, two, one, two, episode 42.

No graphs given, back to regular scheduled programming, although I think maybe moving forward we might have a few more emergency podcasts if necessary, the world is burning, but in the words of the great Kenny Powers, but sometimes when you bring the thunder, you get lost in the storm and a true champion face to face with his darkest hour will do whatever it takes to rise above, a man fights and fights

and then fights some more because surrender is death and death is for pussies, episode 42, no graphs given, the great Kenny Powers, I struggle with that, you know, I don't know, I think about it, and I say to myself, what a great, yeah, you know, we should all, we can all be good men.

You know, I'll take being a good man versus a great man, any day, because if the percentages around us, if we all strive to be, hey, striving to be great is one thing. I mean, that is one thing, but in the process of striving to be great, being good along the way is probably one of the most important attributes, I would say.

But sometimes when you bring the thunder, you get lost in the storm and a true champion face to face with his darkest hour will do whatever it takes to rise above a man fights and fights and then fights some more because surrender is death and death is for pussies.

I mean, give this guy a fucking give that man an Oscar, what a speech.

And I went through them.

He's got some, some of the greatest quotes, maybe in the history of modern day literature, I mean, I'll put him right up there with, with Hemingway, it is outstanding, outstanding.

You might ask, I just started, all right, so I am here, here's where we'll go with it.

First of all, I got this written down at the top. I need to remind everyone by your cameos. Okay, it's, it's Valentine's Day.

And I like Valentine's Day cameos because I think you can get a lot off your chest. I think you can make funny, flirty time. It's a great way to maybe slide into somebody's DMs in a non traditional, you're a creep sliding into a girl's DMs.

Sort of way.

Think outside the box, book a cameo for your mom, for your dad, for your sister, who helps you.

Do you remember the Bruce Buffer cameo where he broke up with a girl for a guy?

Great. So you know, that's a good time of year also. I mean, you know, think outside the box. I'm in it. I'm in it. Let's go.

All right, so I just wanted to make a little housekeeping announcement.

Eastbound and down.

Now this weekend, this Sunday, I am competing in my first Jiu Jitsu tournament, the 2023 All-America's tournament. It's going to be a Norwalk, California Sunday.

I, it's, it's funny. I got my first stripe on my white belt, but yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Congratulations. Yeah. Thank you.

I feel you probably felt pretty good about it. I felt pretty good about it, but I'll tell you.

On the way home, here's what I was thinking with it. Okay.

So the system, it's a genius system. It keeps you involved. The more you put in, the more you get out, all that stuff.

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