Hi there, it's Will here, the god emperor of Michael and us nation.

A few bits of housekeeping before this week's episode.

First of all, apologies that we were two weeks without free episodes.

Luke and I seldom take vacation, but we needed a little time off at Christmas.

You can find more recent episodes on our Patreon at patreon.com slash Michael and us, including

a wrap-up of the year 2021, as well as a Patron's Choice episode.

The community voted for us to discuss the movie Love Actually, so we tackled the most pressing

political issue of our time, is Love Actually a good movie or not.

You'll find the answer nowhere else.

That and much more is available there, and you can expect us to be back in the saddle

for our usual weekly free episode going forward.

And now, on with a milestone, I once thought we would never reach episode 300.

I don't think I brought it up on the podcast at the time, but did I tell you that, I don't know,

sometimes during the pandemic, I can't exactly remember when.

Time is a flat circle, etc. I watched the Safia Coppola joint Mary and Tuenette.

Oh yeah. So that is such a strange movie. I mean, a Safia Coppola, you know,

Virgin Suicides is great. I recently saw Lost in Translation for the first time.

She definitely has a few lesser movies, you know, The Bling Ring is not a, is not very good.

Well, did you saw that right? Yeah, I mean, I don't know.

Wait, you're a defender of The Bling Ring.

I mean, not exactly. I don't love The Bling Ring, but I don't know.

I probably gravitate towards it more than you do.

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