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everyone i'm steve i'm an alcoholic and what an absolute pleasure to be here with you guys today

it is uh this is remarkable to me for a Sunday. I go to a lot of

conferences and you just don't see this kind of crowd on Sundays, particularly as the third speaker on a Sunday.

You know, it sort of feels like you guys went to, you know, came in Friday to an all-you-can-eat buffet.

And you're full. You've been back four times.

But you said, hell, I paid for it, so I'll go one more time.

You know, I'll go to the dessert cart.

I'm not hungry. There's no nutritional value there.

But I'm going to go, and I'm grateful that you're here and I'm grateful to be here.

This is my third time at the ORC. And I'll tell you it's been, this is a very special place in my heart.

I came here in 2006 for the first time, and I

met some dear friends.

My friend, Butch,

who's become my closest

friend? You know, you've got old friends,

and you've got close friends.

And he's one of my closest

friends. And I've been

waiting all weekend for my buddy Jay to pull the chair out for me.

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