smodic dysphonia. Long story short, I found the only doctor in the world who had a surgery, experimental surgery, to fix it. And I became one of the first people in the world to fix that problem. But my affirmation at the time is that I, Scott, will speak perfectly. Now that seemed unlikely because I didn't speak perfectly before I got the spasmodic dysphonia. It was kind of nasally and nobody really wanted to hear my voice. But because I did lots of voice training before the surgery and it took years to rehab it, the weirdest thing happened. I'm a professional vocalist now. Well, not professional because I didn't get paid for it, but there's an actual commercial song with my voice on it that's actually music. Literally my voice is music now.

If you told me that that goal could have actually happened when I couldn't speak — just keep in mind, put the context on this. That when I couldn't speak, I had a very specific affirmation that I repeated every day: that I, Scott, will speak perfectly. I'm actually featured on music. I can't get — this is blowing my mind so hard that you can't even believe it. I suppose this is more for me than it is for you.

All right, how about more about you. So apparently the California governor recall race is really going to be close. And Larry Elder looks to be the leading person to take the job if Newsom gets recalled. And here's my take on the strangest thing about this story. It's another one o