Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Dale of Jesse Thorn. We're in chambers

this week clearing the docket with me as always the man, the myth, the legend, the one

in the robe. Judge John Hodgman, hi John.

Yet a lot of people do think that I am a myth. That's why there is a whole section devoted

to me in the International Museum of Cryptozoology in Portland, Maine, owned by Lauren Coleman.

Look for it in the in the former factory or maybe warehouse that has now been transformed

into a brewery, a chicken shack and a cryptozoology museum all their in Portland, Maine. You're

welcome Lauren. I hear Judge Hodgman. I don't know if this is true that Rob Lowe and his

sons run into you in the woods in their new television program and then you get in a

fight. No, if I were to run into Rob Lowe and his sons in the woods, even as a sass

watch, I would fall in love. The only possible response to a human interaction with Rob Lowe.

Well we have a special guest who is absolutely concrete, not mythical, an actual human being

here to help us through these cases. She's the writer and editor of NPR's entertainment

blog, Monkey Sea. She's also the host of pop culture happy hour. Linda Holmes. Hello,

Jessie. Hello, your honor. And Linda, I have seen pictures on Twitter of the manuscript

for a novel. That is true. I did complete that and we will have news hopefully at some point

that I can share. Oh, well, let's kick things off with some news from Dan. Dan writes,

my wife and I have a dispute about whether drinking water gets old. She won't drink

last night's glass of water. She says it's old to me room temperature, old water and

right from the tap water are the same. She will however drink bottled water that has been

in the car unopened for weeks. I know there's some gas exchange with open containers, especially

with you around town, but I feel her aversion is psychological, not chemical. I would like

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