Hey there, Monster Talkers. Before I get into anything, I just want to say thank you for all the

outporting and supportive emails and Patreon signups that we've been having. I haven't found a new

job yet, and I don't want to turn these intros into the Blake Job Update podcast. But I do

want to say we saw a 21% growth in our support on Patreon, and that is so helpful.

And on behalf of Karen and myself, we really, really appreciate the new backers immensely.

Please, if you want to support the show, it's patreon.org forward slash monster talk.

And we would love to have you.

You can even join at the free level, and it gets you access to the discussions on these episodes and lots

of bonus material and then i mentioned that while karen and matt were in england matt got laid off too

hey wow 2025 is so hard on us i kind of see it being used as an insult or a threat in the future

hey you jerk i hope you get 20-25ed.

Oh, man, I'm sorry, Mr. I don't know what got into me. Nobody deserves that.

You know what? I'm still able to find tremendous satisfaction in doing historical research on monsters. And I'm enjoying Lucy the Library Kitten, who's the newest addition to the Monster

Dog family.

We adopted her just a few days before I got laid off.

But you know what?

She's been an absolute delight in fulfilling that cat-shaped hole in my heart that the other

two cats we have have failed to feel for more than a decade.

And I'm not going to brag. But the people

who've been defending those two jerks for a decade have all had to admit that Lucy is a lot

more interactive and affectionate. Or, you know, she's like an actual pet instead of whatever

those bozos are. Anyway, next week I will share my research on the Van Meter Monster with you.

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