Yes, there we are again, smoky California. I hope many of you live in states where you can breathe the air and do all those things, but I don't. So it looks like it's going to be weeks of breathing whatever that is out there. So I'm basically on house arrest. I've got a little asthma issue, so I can't go outside. Basically I'm just locked inside for weeks, weeks and weeks. But do I mind? Not when I have all of you here. No, no, it's all good when you're here.

And I gotta tell you, I can't quite communicate how much I appreciate the time we spend together in the morning during this coronavirus situation and now the wildfires. I gotta say it really helps. It really helps to have this connection with all of you.

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