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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 60: "Writ in His Boots"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Merlinmann, Society & Culture, Johnroderick, Thelongwinters, Philosophy

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2012

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Ep. 60: “Writ in His Boots” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann on Huffduffer

The Problem: Unintentionally inspiring The Institutional Memory of Filson.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:06.3

Hi, John.

0:08.4

Merlin, man.

0:10.6

John Roder Ray.

0:13.7

Yeah, you're just improvising.

0:15.5

No, I'm not.

0:16.1

It's jazz tune.

0:17.5

Oh.

0:18.5

It's modal.

0:19.8

Yeah, right.

0:40.5

John Roder. That's not even Frigian. I don't know what that is. It might be Aeolian. That was, that's Moroccan, James. Aoli's that stuff you get on the side at a Hipster restaurant, right? I thought an aoli was a girl's nipple. Hmm. I have just, uh, just introduced the mini ding, the sub ding.

0:42.2

Clank!

0:46.4

Oh my God, I'm sorry, I'm late.

0:47.1

I apologize.

0:48.2

It's all right.

0:50.4

I didn't even notice that you were late until now.

0:52.9

You can probably hear my KFC.

0:55.5

Oh, KFC.

1:00.8

God, even when I walk by, I hate myself, even thinking about it.

1:01.4

Yeah.

1:07.9

I think about KFC chickens coming through like a HVAC tube.

1:11.2

They're just like chicken. I don't know there's anything

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