Hello.

Hi, John.

Hi, Merlin.

How are you?

It's early.

I wrote that on a card.

I was going to ask you how you're adjusting to these increasingly early recording times.

I like them as I get older and older.

It's nice to get up a little early.

I like to have the evenings free to move my bowels.

I had a very interesting experience today.

I went to my taco bus where I normally go.

But usually at night you go to the taco bus and it's just all Volvo's lined up out front.

It's just people in, in little software designer glasses with fleece pants, and they're all lined up to get tacos.

But during the day, you go at lunchtime it's it's all guys covered in sheetrock

dust wow right everybody in there is Hispanic the TV is playing or I guess I guess

Latino is the preferred nomenclature the TV is playing some some, uh, some novellas. And, uh, it's a, it's a real,

it's a real downtown scene during the day. Well, I walk on the bus and I'm carrying my daughter.

And I have never felt like such a rock star in my life because, you know, usually you get on a bus

and there's like 15 middle-aged Mexican guys on there. You know, maybe you're going to,

you're going to nod to a couple of guys as you walk through. But for the most part, it's going to be a,

you know, it's going to be a pretty neutral scene.

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