So I suppose I have this story to start today's Rich Piano Memory Wellness Corner.

And it is connected to this because I was just in D.C.

Great timing.

I know for a conference.

I won't really go into the details of the conference until later.

But I was walking from my hotel to the gym, and I was detained by ice.

What?

Yeah, I was waiting to tell you on this show.

Fuck, oh, that's why you didn't want to fucking, like, bullshit for like 25 minutes.

I was going to let it slip.

Gee, what?

Yeah, it was like, it's like a 20-minute walk from where I was staying to where I. Gee, what? Yeah, it was like, it's like a 20 minute walk from where I was staying to where I was going.

And I didn't have like my wallet on me or anything because, you know, I go to the gym.

I pretty much only bring my cell phone on my headphones.

And I heard something faintly behind me, but I never really pay attention to that kind of thing when I'm walking down the street. And then suddenly several masked men appeared to the side of me,

looking very upset because it's obvious they were trying to get, trying to get my attention

for several minutes up to that point. I just kept blissfully walking on. You're fucking power walking

up the street. You're like Hal and Malcolm in the middle and there's ice agents chasing you. If I would have just kept walking, they probably would have gotten out of breath and given up. Yeah. They asked for my papers. I wasn't entirely sure what they meant by that. Asterix. Of course, I knew what they meant by that. But I was like, what do you mean, man? Like, we need your, they immediately

start off by asking for my green card, which obviously I do not have one. And I told them that.

And then they said, then they asked where, where I lived. And I said the Netherlands, which is probably

not the right answer in that moment in time. Yeah, no. But, uh, yeah, I explained to them as a citizen that was not good enough for them.

So they put me in handcuffs and sat me down on the sidewalk.

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