So, now that's recording, I guess I just want to ask, how was the start of your year been?

It's been pretty good.

I'm going to Edgar Allan Poe cocktail party tomorrow, which will be fun.

Is that like a regular thing in the U.S.?

It's, uh, a new thing.

Uh, it'll be interesting.

Uh, I'll, uh, update you on this.

Uh, but, uh, they read,

Edgar Lumpo's stories and they serve a cocktail that's, so it would be like,

uh, what's a, what's a famous, like a black cat, but, you know, cocktail or whatever that you

sip while you're hearing the story.

That sounds really relaxing.

I know.

I'm really looking forward to it.

Well,

like an hour and a half.

An hour and a half?

Alan Poe's mostly known for short stories, right?

I'm not much of a Poe guy.

They were all,

well, first of all, you should be.

But it's actually,

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