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Cecil we are reunited and it feels so good back in studio baby, baby. Way to go. The boys are back in town.

And not only we back in studio, but if you guys don't watch this show from time to time,

you check it out over at YouTube. We have a new and improved studio. Cecil, you surprised me with

this. I have not been able to record in person for a few months. I took some time away from recording, as you all know, and then I had to record from home for a while while I was making sure that Haley was healthy enough for me to leave the house and feel comfortable being away from the house. It's been a couple of months, so now I feel, you know, pretty comfortable being out of the house for a few hours. I walk into the studio. My whole life is turned upside down. We, I actually did all this

on like the week that Haley was in the hospital. So when Haley was in the hospital and you were

away, I redid a bunch of the studio. But I didn't want to put it on camera and so you came back. So it's such a surprise. It's been done for like two months, at least, right? At least it's, it's been, yeah, because it's been literally two months and six days. So two months. Yeah. So it's been that long. And so we put it, we put it all together after you left and you hadn't seen it. And I hadn't recorded anything except for

audio stuff only in here because I didn't want to have the reveal. Right.

Put it on the big so we can everybody can see. It looks so good. We now have a globe bar as our

centerpiece, which we should because of course, because it's the globe bar. So, but it's a different, it's a different background and it's a little bigger, a little more spacious in here, which is nice. The globe bar just reminds me how classy the glory hole is. Exactly. That's how I know. Am I in a classy establishment? Is this, is this a classy glory hole? Because I'm only, I'm not going to some low rent bullshit glory hole. Of course. I'm a man. I'm a 48 year old man. I'm moved into more sophisticated environment. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. The glory hole has to have a first class section. Right. Yeah. I want, I want a glory hole with an English accent. What is the first class section? What is? Yeah. Do you get like a free, like, mimosa?

You know?

Like you're standing there with like... What you drink it? Come on. But, uh, but yeah, it's good. It's, I'm so happy you're back and I'm happy that Haley's feeling about it. Yeah, it's great. So it's really good stuff. It's so nice to be able to be out of the house for a few hours and know that I feel safe, that she's safe being out of the house. That's great. That's great. That's great. So it's really good stuff. It's so, it's so nice to be able to be out of the house for a few

hours and know that I feel safe, that she's safe being out of the house. That's great. That's great. It's awesome. Well, let's talk about some news. So this story is from Axios. AOC takes more steps toward 2028 run for president. Boy, do I have mixed feelings about this. And by mixed feelings, I mostly mean, I think this is a terrible mistake, and I hope she doesn't run for president.

And not because I don't think she'd be a good president.

Yeah, I think this is a terrible mistake and I hope she doesn't run for president. And not because I don't think she'd be a good

president. Yeah, I think I'm in the exact same space. I think, I think it's so hard for America to

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