We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

We are receiving this message.

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you. This is our time capsule. This is the

omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 1409. N.H.0109.N. H.019.9.

Certificate number 24 24737.

The war before this one.

It may well be that the final extinction of a baleful domination will pave the way to a broader solidarity of all

the men in all the land than we could ever have planned if we had not marched together

through the fire.

So listeners have just been in a tizzy since finding out that I'm in the middle of reading

Anthony Poles classic of 20th century literature a dance to the music of time which I mentioned in an earlier entry.

Have listeners really been in a tizzy?

Oh boy.

Hmm.

My phone is just ringing out there.

People want to know Ken, what volume are you on?

How's it going?

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