Sword and scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences.

Listener discretion is advised. I knew instantly when I saw it was two green rubber gloves.

Number one, I should not have opened the door.

Number two, my life was in grave danger.

Welcome to season 11, episode 256 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real. As much as I would have loved to have launched season 11 alongside our brand new shiny app and website. It's not quite ready yet. You can't always

get what you want anyway, so we're still working on it, but we certainly didn't

want to keep you guys waiting for weeks and weeks and weeks

So our release schedule for the next couple of weeks is going to be a little bit of regular until launch

So thank you for your patience, but believe me, it'll be worth the way. You're not going to. Man, I'm getting old. I get a sore back. My part hurt in places they shouldn't.

Soon I'm gonna have to start shopping on Amazon for one of those little daily pill holders

for all my meds, racking up those CVS points.

But that's okay, because I'm coming in terms with it,

maybe even becoming fine with it.

I mean, we're all gonna get there.

I know you Zoomers out there think you're way above the whole growing old thing,

but I've gotten used for for you he'll be in my shoes before you know it

You see there's some things in life that you just can't do anything about no matter how much you want to. We all get old and if we're

lucky we get to live a little bit longer than the next guy. Then we get to die very old and surrounded by

loved ones. People who care about us, people who make it all worth it. I think we all want that version of life for ourselves,

a feeling that it was a life well lived and you can be at peace with the fact that it's

all coming to an end now and that's just part of the whole cycle.

Those final moments may be a little scary,

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