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I'm back.

Welcome.

It is Eric Erickson here.

It is my show.

Thank you to Alan Victor Cam for filling in while I was gone. I got a great vacation

in Hilton Head. But my gosh, I can tell I love my job because I was dying to get back by the

microphone. It always happens. I go on vacation and something happens like, I got to be behind

the microphone and I can't be. But that's all right because there's a whole lot

to talk about. A lot of it from last week, bleeding into this week. It's amazing how the

stories don't change. Before I get there, though, I got to say, first of all, the phone number

is 87797-973-725. You can always go to EW. Erickson.com. You can find the live stream

there, the 24-7 stream, the podcast, all of that. You can also get my sub-stack on the show briefing.

But I feel like we've crossed the Rubicon to a degree. So while I was in Hilton Head, I literally could not go anywhere where I was not recognized,

either by voice or appearance, which is usually its voice.

I went into one restaurant.

And somebody works at the car dealership where I by my cars heard my voice and came out to speak.

Very nice guy from Jim Ellis here in Atlanta.

But everywhere I went.

What was remarkable, though, and this is why I say across the Rubicon, probably half the people don't actually listen to the show.

The people I encountered in Hilton, Ed, about half the people I encountered don't actually listen to the show, the people I encountered in Hilton, Ed, about half the people I encountered don't actually listen on the radio.

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