Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm your guest, Baylif Paul F. Tompkins. And today, we're clearing out the docket.

Clearing out the docket. Are you ready for your first letter, Judge Hodgman?

No, I am not ready, Paul, because I want to say hello to you, my friend, Paul F. Tompkins. Thank you for joining once again as guest, Baylif, on this program.

Oh, hello. You know, after last week, I had a lot of time to think about whether or not I wanted to return to the program.

Sure. I talked it over with my wife, with my pastor, with my lawyer, with the town elders, and of course the magic eight ball.

And now I'm back once again from more of whatever this is. Outcome is unclear.

Reply hazy try again later. What does later mean to the magic eight ball? He's busy right now.

Is it a second later or is it days later?

I think at that point, anything is later. He's just put it off once again.

I'm referring to the genie of the magic eight ball. And because I'm a show of this time, presuming it is a he. I apologize.

Paul, for those who did not listen last week and also to maintain the timeless quality of this podcast, which avoids too many callbacks.

Oh, no, that's wrong. It's only callbacks.

We will allow me to remind everyone that Paul is a comedian actor, podcaster and broadcaster, extra ordinary host of the Spontania Nation podcast, which is an amazing comedy podcast that Paul

of Tompkins hosts, as I just said.

And it has a has a monthly live show component as well at Largo the Coronet.

Once every month, you've seen them all over television and your famous Paul Thomas Anderson movies, ladies and gentlemen, Paul F. Tompkins.

Hi, everyone who can't respond. Hold for it.

Plus please take your seats.

That's that's my line. But we can also down now because here we are in chambers where we are going to clear the docket.

Paul, I know that you have listened to the podcast from time to time, but I will explain it to you.

That way the people who don't know what I'm talking about, I don't have to single them out and make them feel dumb.

They can hear it and say, oh, normally we have people call in flawlessly over the internet to to discuss their disputes in their lives.

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