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Yeah, clearing out for you now.

So we named the Joe House pod Friday Rowling and we did the first one with Friday Rowling on a Thursday and then the second one on a Tuesday.

I don't know what to say other than.

That's a special. That's what's the U-Tide role.

The holiday is screw everything up. Eventually we'll be on a Friday schedule for Friday Rowling.

But right now we're taping the sign of Tuesday because it's a holiday week and I'm not positive people are listening to podcasts this week.

I guess we'll find out. But we are going to do some NBA awards at the tail end.

We're going to pick three games of interest for week 16, which we have not had a lot of time to prep.

But we do have three games a piece that we like. I want to talk NBA.

We are at the pretty much the two month mark. I guess the eight week mark, the nine week marks and point that 30 game mark.

Yeah, it's time to do some awards.

Yeah, the two month awards.

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