what's up fungal associates welcome to completely arbitrary the podcast about

trees and other related topics I am one of your hosts my name is Alex

Croson and I am joined as always by the myth the legend the man himself Casey

hello Alex hi Casey I I have to say every now and then when you ever when

you when you you tickle my ego with all these epithets makes me smile yes would

you how would you feel if you knew I was doing it ironically it would also make

me smile just as much I think that's kind of the kind of the whole part of it

because I know yeah that there's nothing that is mythical about me I'm a I'm

pretty pretty standard yes you are but a man flesh and blood it is all I am

sometimes I wear hats I also have ink inside of that flesh that's true it's

the only thing that I think you could add onto it that's right yeah Alex

guess what what Casey one of two of our listeners actually found me in the

wild this weekend wow who are they I can't recall their names I don't I don't

always remember everybody's names because they mean so little to you it is that's

not the case Alex they mean a lot to me but I I want to shout them out because

we we were all on the top of a parking garage oh fun in Portland here there

is a event going on it's the whole summer it's pedal polluza it is pedal

polluza if you're in Portland you must you must go join some pedal polluza

rides for those of you not in Portland come to Portland for pedal polluza anyway

it was good to see you shout out to them and send us your name and we'll be

like it was you and we'll know that anyway I just want to say that that's exciting

and the only way I can think they recognize me is either by my tattoos or by

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