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Pollen-Laden, D.C. out in the Bay where the air is clear. Marcus Thompson. What is up, man?

Yeah, let me tell you out here what it's like right now in the Bay.

We're in the town and I haven't even been outside yet and it's beautiful.

I got to go to Target.

So I'm looking forward to the beautiful sun conflicting with the wonderful Bay Area breeze.

It is a gorgeous day in the Bay.

Which means my day is good.

I hate you. You probably just walk places you don't even need to walk, which means my day is good. I hate you.

You probably just walk places you don't even need to walk, right? Just to like the outside. Man, let me tell you. I'll just be running to the gas station. I don't need no gas. I'm just going to walk over the gas station and give me a generator or something just to be outside these streets. I hate you. I hate you. I love the bay. That's the one place I would move in a heartbeat if I could.

I would love to live out there, man.

It was fantastic. I need you to stop hating on D.C. though, because D.C. is definitely my top. I love D.C. No, that's my town. It's just that you got to deal with pollen and conservatives. But that's it. Other than that, it's very nice town. Other than that, I'll stick it for our winter.

Exactly, exactly.

Winter is not deterrent, but I love D.C.

All right.

So it is playoff time.

And in a stunning development, the Wizards are actually going to be in the postseason this year.

So they're in the

playing game with taping this tuesday they play tonight they play boston the winner of that game makes

the playoffs plays brooklyn in the first round is in the loser still has one more chance in this

play in system which i've said enough about people know where i stand on it um another team another two teams that are in the playoffs in the West, in the play-ins in the

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