out of there and welcome back everybody and happy skews day to you it is september 28th

2021 i'm trekkrouter and that pains me to say is not smart mark no no mark tonight he had

something come up related to a thing I believe he

referred to as work. So not sure where he gets off with all that, but not to worry, he will return.

Smart Mark's glorious return is on the horizon, but for tonight, it's just me and y'all and the

Intrepid producer Matt on the ones and twos. I will do my best to get through

this thing. And also, Mark will be with us in spirit, as he very graciously outlined the run of the show,

as he always does. So I believe that you will feel the endearingly cynical thumbprint of

Smart Mark on this show, despite his absence.

Yeah, with that said, this is weekly skews.

Let's do it.

Mark wanted me to say he really appreciates anyone who donated to Relay for Life on his behalf,

as he was talking about last week.

The event that he and his wife helped to run here in the Valley raised almost $100,000

for cancer research and paying for people's rides to chemo and things like that, which is super

cool.

And Mark very much appreciates it.

And I echo those sentiments because, as we all agree, fuck cancer on a hopefully more uplifting note than that. Well,

I guess that was kind of uplifting, but I also would like to say, as I always do, if you are

vaccinated and want to see me live, you can go to well-readcom for tickets. I'm in California

this week, Irvine tomorrow, and San Jose on Thursday, and then a whole bunch of other places after that.

I hope to see y'all out there. Okay. As for the show tonight, not going to lie to you,

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