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Derek Van Riper here with Enosaris. It is Thursday, July 1st. Yes, new month, new day. Not a new day regularly. Just the byproduct of chaos in our lives, I think is probably the best way to put it. Yeah, we both drove a long way in traffic to different places to get today's episode in.

I had an off day on Wednesday. I mean, it's just been a whirlwind. My July is going to be

the craziest month of my life. I will explain why over the course of the month. I will keep

people updated because I think finding

out about it piecemeal is more fun than me just giving away the entire plot up front.

Yeah, we'll have some fun with that. I was on a trip to meet a new niece.

And she's beautiful. She's tiny, her name is Zelda, but it's not after the video game.

Please.

It's after Zelda Fitzgerald, which is a worthy namesake and a beautiful name, but also for most of her lives, you'll have to say,

no, not the video game.

Yeah, I mean, I can't wait until we get to the point later this year in which you and I

will probably play an intoxicated game of Mario Kart, and I will probably stupidly wager naming rights to a future

child, and likely I will lose.

Here's my son, Wario.

Yes.

I hope you put a lot of thought into whether I have to name a kid Wario or Waluigi or Yoshi, please choose wisely if I happen to

lose that game. The main focus on this episode is going to be second half performance surgers

because as we flip the calendar to July, it's a good time to check in, see some players that

could be in line for big second halves for one reason or another.

There's plenty of ways to do this.

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