Hey, it's Brian Possein. You know me. Man, I wish I was giving you another episode of Nerd Poker.

I need it. I've been having a blast this new season. We're having a blast. I mean, all of us are, I think, with our characters,

and I think Dan's having a good time, too, with the Fogg campaign, and we appreciate all the

listeners. And the bonus episodes have been super fun, the Strauds and the quiplashes.

Fortunately, last week, I had a shit week, man. If you follow my stand-up at all,

and well, if you follow the show, you've heard of Licky. Licky was a sweet, sweet dog,

was our dog for the last 11 years. She's a rescue of King Charles that my wife picked up

because it's a hold didn't want to keep her and bought her for like $4,000, had her for a year.

And we've had her for the last 11 years. And she's one of the best dogs I've ever met.

And you've heard about Mavis and Willie now, but Licky was the heart of this house.

Licky was my wife's favorite dog, and it was a real kick in the dick, and it happened

in a horrible way, and we were supposed to record that night

and we had kind of not put it off but it was just at the last minute that was going to be

you know the only time we could get it done for this Monday and because I had some traveling

to do so yeah licky left us on Wednesday.

I broke my finger Thursday, or no, Tuesday I broke it,

and I had a feeling it was broken Wednesday,

so Thursday I got a diagnosed as broken,

and I had a flight of Oregon in Sonoma,

and had a great weekend, but now I'm exhausted.

And unfortunately, I have no new nerd poker for you.

The guys wanted to record Wednesday night, but we were way too sad at the Postane House to have anybody over when Licky left us.

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