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without the ads. From the Jill Schwartz Memorial Library here in Saltree, Savannah, this is obscure season 4 in American tragedy. I am your host, your friend, your earlover, and

literary Mansplainer in chief Michael Ian Black exhausted because and look it's Martha's fault

let's just be let's just be honest if she hadn't decided to spend some time with her dear friend in upstate New York.

I would not have said to her, just so you know, while you're gone, I'm going to play poker every available second. If

she hadn't gone I wouldn't have been playing poker until 2 o'clock in the

morning last night and that's even before my two hour drive home.

So if I'm fatigued the blame lies entirely with my wife.

Even as I say these words, my eyes dark are closed as I am supine on the Jack Jack Memorial

reading throne and got the book all set to go there's high dudgeon occurring over there in like

herges New York and we'll get to that momentarily also I don't know if you've noticed this, you probably haven't, why would you? But I don't think I've ever been sick on an episode of obscure because for whatever reason I don't get sick.

I have had COVID, but it's been, I don't know how long years really since I've had any sort of significant cold or flu or anything like that, but as I speak to you now, I do have a little bit of a scratchy throat, my nose is a little bit

watery and just the first hint of a headache. I don't know if I'm getting sick or not.

I'm going to assume I'm not and that this is just the sensation of being hung

over from playing too much poker yesterday and maybe you're wondering how did you

do Michael what difference does it make that's not what it's about I lost that's not what it's about win or lose who cares that's not what it's about I lost and so

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