Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast.

Who me?

I'm Bill of Jesse Foreign.

We're in Chambers this week clearing the docket with me as always.

The one, the only, the man, the myth, the legend.

Judge John Hodgman.

I'm glad you said your name because I did not know who you were for a minute.

You may notice that Chambers is a little stuffy and smelly and messy.

I am a little ill-bathed and overbearded and a little confused and blinking in the sunlight

because I turned in my book Vacation Land.

And I don't, I don't remember what human contact is.

I mean, we've recorded a podcast since I've turned it in.

Thank you very much.

But that was like within 24 hours of turning in and I had forgotten just how deep into

the Missanthropy hole I had gotten.

And as I was looking over the, I mean, it's not that I am a Missanthrope.

I'm a very social person.

I like people.

That's why I do this podcast.

And obviously I've been doing the podcast while writing the book, but I've not performed

meaningfully in weeks and weeks and weeks and I'm just hiding out in my house and just

being with my family and enjoying that.

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