Hello, we are transmitting to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would

otherwise be lost.

Whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology

to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule. This is the Omnibus.

This is the Omnibus. You have accessed entry 916.

J.B.0712. Certificate number 41344. The Penn Cove Whale Capture.

So we ended up down here in Penn Cove, and that's where all happened.

Today's episode is co-hosted by Christopher Frizzell, my longtime friend who was once the editor of

The Stranger Newspaper, who is the host of the silent reading party here in Seattle, and also the host of the Frislit

book club, which is an online Zoom book club that started during the pandemic.

We read Moby Dick together and then all became addicted to his book club and now he is running a book club

throughout the year. He's a fascinating person, lives in a decrepit Capitol Hill apartment building

where the walls are lined with musty books on shelves so teetering that they seem to me to be at risk of bringing

the whole building down. So without further ado, Christopher Frizzell.

John, have you ever known someone who only eats one thing?

Well, you know, my sister is what I call a Taco Bell vegetarian.

Please tell me what that is.

Well, you know, she's vegetarian.

She doesn't want to eat meat, but she also wants no diversity in her food.

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