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podcast captain j jrigen sitting next to me is the podcast first mate capital's insider tarc el

this is becoming your stick yes this is going to become a thing this is definitely going to become a thing. Tark, it is the bye week. I don't need the C on my jersey to be the NBA year. Are you just the known leader in the locker room? I'm the 50-goals sniper who may or may not play defense. Tark, it is the bye week, but more importantly, it is Valentine's

day. Yes. Have you, are all your ducks in a row? Have you got, are you all set? Yeah, the flowers

came on time. I got a little nervous because I ordered late, but they arrived. The Ferreira

shared chocolates were, um, uh, came as well and they weren't crushed like last year.

And, uh, that's bad.

I wrote a nice little note in the card.

So yeah, it's good.

You know, things went well, but I, I got to tell you, man, I'm not, I'm not a Valentine's Day guy.

I'm not a holiday guy.

Is any guy a Valentine's Day guy? This'm not a holiday guy.

Is any guy a Valentine's Day guy?

This is really for, for, I don't want to sound bad, but this is for the women.

I mean, best case scenario today is that I don't get in trouble.

Is that I, is that I just, I do my job and I don't get in trouble. Whereas even if my wife did nothing for me today, I wouldn't care. No, these things don't mean a whole lot to us, I think, on a whole. They mean a lot more to the women in our lives. And, you know, if it means a lot to them, I'm willing to play along for a day. a day yeah if that's what it takes but I grew up in a house where these things didn't matter we barely celebrated birthdays or or other holidays and so and my wife's the other way around

she like she celebrates our dog's birthday you know so gosh yeah so you know it's um it's been an

adjustment over the past 17 years but it's been years, so I'm kind of used to it.

My feeling about my dog is that it should feel blessed that I let this wild animal live in the house.

So I'm not celebrating his birthday.

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