Hey everybody, AJ Benzuh here with Fame is a bitch. This is your free show for Monday, May 15th, 2023. Yes, it's me. Yes, I know I was gone last week. And yes, I guess I didn't tell you guys, but how to tell you I was sick and I'm still sick.

The girlfriend came down with COVID and I'd been with her the night before. So I

Started to feel symptoms like the last time I had COVID

Night sweats. I'm talking I had to change my shirt night sweats like crazy

Horrible sore throat. My voice is finally back to a decent level

You know, no fever, but sore throat and just complete lethargy

Didn't want to move my hand. Didn't want to reach for the remote

That was exactly the way the last COVID went. COVID number three. So I might have it now. I don't even know and I don't care

I've had symptoms for like four days

Usually by the fifth it tends to start going away

Don't feel great today, but I'm doing you a show because I owe you a show and those of you out there want to know why is AJ taking his three free shows off the air and no more classics

It's very simple

I

Need time to do stuff better for the people who pay me the people who literally pay my bills

I need to concentrate more on that not to mention the things I do on the outside

Such as the poker show such as another show I'm putting together with the same producer such as another book

There's all sorts of ideas I have but

For me to keep being heard five days a week for free is

Kind of like why would someone then go to patreon? I mean of course some do obviously

But to give out three free shows it used to be five a

week for five and a half years and

If you haven't come over to patreon yet, I guess you're not coming so I need those 40 minutes not just 40 minutes talking

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