Hello. Hi, John. How are you? Hi, Merlin. I'm sorry again.

Berlin, man. I hate being late for things. I know. We were going to meet at 1111, and now it's 1125.

Yeah. We know this podcast can't be evergreen anymore. Oh, right. Oh, geez. I let a peek

behind the curtain, didn't I? Yeah. Now people realize that it's not happening simultaneously with their ears.

Here's another peak. Here's another peak. Okay, so A, I hate being late for things and I'm sorry.

It's all right. B, computers, fucking hate computers.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, boy, now we're on a topic that we both agree on.

You know, I'm always late to things too.

We've talked about this many times.

Yeah, but you don't take you nine minutes and it took me.

This is what makes this is what makes this such a compelling experience, I think, for our listeners, the people you're helping, is that we are very different people. You and I, yes. Well, I mean, in some ways, we're very different. I'd say we were pretty different. Yeah, but I mean, you know, aren't we like mostly 95% the same as chimps? You and I both are 95% the same as chimps? No, I think it's more than that. I think it's 97.28. Is that logarithmic or is that arithmetic? Arithmatic? Aramaic. Is that an Aramaic scale? It's Aramaic. We are aramaically, on an Aramaic scale, we are 97.253. Actually, it's Mixalydian.

Oh, sorry. I thought we were still in Phrygian time. Frigian daylight. Called the snake charmer time. Hello, I'm Ritchie Blackmore. It's time to reset your clock. That's not even funny. He doesn't talk. Do you think he talks like that? Is he American? I don't think anybody talks like that. The only people that talk like that are community theater people who are trying to do a British accent. My mother-in-law, my mother-in-law directed a lot of plays in Rhode Island. She did. Your mother-in-law. My mother-in-law, who's a pistol. You and my mother-in-law. A pistol. She is a pistol. She is, oh, darling. How have we never met your mother-in-law on her? No, she's back, you know. She's back here. She spent some of her time with family in Florida and other times with family around here. So actually, we're going to go see her tomorrow, which is going to be nice. Yeah, we need to all be in the same place at the same time. She should be a guest. Anyway, you know what a lot of people may not know because they have a life and they don't really research these things. Science? Science, math. Yeah, a lot of people don't know those things. Everybody likes politics and nobody looks at civics. Can I just put that on a card? Oh my goodness. That's a great statement. See, when I'm accused. This is kind of a civics podcast. God damn it. You're fucking right. This is a podcast about how to be a better citizen according to us. And I'm a little bit offended when I go on iTunes and it says that this is a personal journal podcast. Oh, that was my choice. Would you rather have some more else? Yeah, civics. Is there a civics category? Or education, religion? Hmm. You know what? I'm going to take that all back. I'm cut all that out. Education. Civic. Personal journal. I don't know. That just, that sounds very, that sounds very, what was that, what was that thing that all the kids were doing? Live journal. Live journal. That's where I learned about you. Yeah, I know. That's where people talk about stuff. I never joined it. I had a photograph of you before I had any idea who you were. You're holding snacks. You're not alone. Other people have photographs of me because I

because I'm an archetype I represent a certain kind of

approachable cuddly bear

yeah

you yeah like a statue crossing a statue and a teddy bear

lovable statue-esque teddy bear

vagina dentata a cross between a gazelle

and a catfish hmm Hmm. Is that good eating fish? That's just a... Gazelle fish? That's really more of a description of a baseball wife. I've seen Richard Hugo used to write about gazelle fish. The silvery blue gazelle fish and the gazellefish, Gevelton know what here's the point that there's an image excel

excel fish galton that's another one of those great unmade nazi jerry lewis movies

gavelton fish and hugo with the making it bowing i um here's the thing what people may not

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