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This is UnFuck Nation. Now here's your host, Gary John Bishop.

All right, all right, all right.

Welcome to this week's episode of Unfuck Nation.

I am your host, Gary John Bishop, and thank you

for making what we do here at the nation a part of your week. I have a great show for you

this week, obviously, right? Because that's what we're endeavoring to do every single week.

And, you know, if you haven't noticed yet, just a quick reminder

that the unfuck store is back up and running. We'd had some issues with it, but now it's

rocking and rolling, right? And I know I've been promising for a little while now about some new

merchandise, but new stuff will be coming up. All right. So, as I told you last week,

I've been busy working on this new book. And this book is about being a parent. But it's not about

being a parent. Like, these are the things you should do to be a better parent, right?

Or these are the things you shouldn't do to be a better parent.

Some of that stuff is minimal, right?

I mean, you really need to, all too often, I think, there are certain folks going around

in life looking for a fucking gold medal for the basics of doing your job,

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