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Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Hour 2.

Howdy. Welcome. It is Eric Erickson. Suddenly realizing how dark and gloomy it's gotten out the window.

It's nice to have an office with a big window in a high rise and I can see off into the horizon.

So I got to tell you guys that I got an email yesterday or actually it was a text message

from a friend.

He was driving through my town.

He says, what is burning?

There's smoke everywhere.

That's not smoke, man.

That's the pollen.

It has started.

My black car is now yellow. The trees are trying to

get my car pregnant. It is just gross out there right now and it's only going to get worse

when the pine trees start. But nonetheless, I digress. The phone number here,

87737-97-975. Before I pivot to where I was headed, I digress. The phone number here, 877-97-975,

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