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Folks, welcome to the program. I like to shock people now and again. It's just part of my nature.

And the means I have chosen with which to shock you

today is by introducing a guest. Some of you know him. Some of you don't. His name,

nonetheless, is John Smirak. John, welcome to the program. Thanks, Eric. I like to think I'm the

Ice Bucket Challenge of the program. Thanks, Eric. I like to think I'm the ice bucket challenge of the soul.

The ice bucket challenge of the soul. That's a good phrase. That's a good phrase.

For anybody who remembers the ice bucket challenge from the 1970s. No, seriously, it's like these fads that come and go.

Okay, look, I want to talk to you about a lot

of things i want to talk to you about pride month which i am now labeling quanza times 30 everyone

needs to understand pride month is quanza times 30 if you figure out the math it works out i think we should

have sloth month i want sloth month because that's my deadly sin that i most favor or gluttony month

grudony month i guess everest month is coming i'm telling you what december is already gluttony month

well let me uh let me ask you, what are the things that you've written about recently at stream.org

that we should probably talk about, unless there's something burning that you'd like to speak about first.

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