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This site will return at some point in the future with regular new content, after a hiatus. Be safe and well.
We’ll still be here when you come back. Enjoy your break.
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Enjoy your much well-needed break Mike! I hope everything is ok!
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It’s not, I would never take a hiatus if everything was OK, but I hope that some issues are resolved soon enough that I can return. Other issues will take longer.
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Oh no, I’m sorry to hear that. Then, I wish you the best of luck and that you get everything sorted out in no time!
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Unfortunately, this is now going to be a longer hiatus. I’ve cancelled all my interviews.
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Even your interviews with Jack Frost and Greg Fraiser? I’m getting worried now! Is Jen ok? Is it a mental health thing? Whatever you’re going through, I hope everything works out!
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All cancelled.
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I hope you feel better soon then (mentally and physically)!
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Thank you. I posted an update and Deke is taking over for the time being. Next Friday.
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I just read it!
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Hang in their Bro! Ya know where to find us!
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Yeah man I do!
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I hope it’s nothing too serious and that it’s resolved quickly.
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Thanks Harrison. I definitely will not speculate how long it’ll be because any time I do, I’m wrong. It’ll be however long it needs to be. If next week’s show needs to be cancelled so be it.
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Of course. I would not expect or want you to take any more time than you needed.
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Sorry, that meant to say “less time”.
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Hopefully I’ll have a better idea next week.
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We will be patiently waiting so take as much time as you need!!
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Hopefully not too much time. I would still like to do the interview next week.
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Hopefully you will get to do that.
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Wishing you good things in the future!!
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Thanks, hoping for one good thing today.
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Hey Mike. Take as long as you need. Sending strength and positive vibes to you and yours.
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Send a plumber too.
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I’ve got a set of wrenches somewhere but you’ll probably need someone more talented than me to use them.
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Haha probably! I’m hoping the one they send today is better than the one they sent last week.
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Troubles will come and troubles will go. hopefully yours resolve sooner than later.
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Damn I hope so man, sick and tired of gettin’ kicked in the nuts.
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Prayers to you and yours. and even if it is (hopefully) just plumbing problems these things can be massive headaches I am sure. hang in there!
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Thanks man. The prayers are appreciated because there is health stuff mixed with the plumbing problems. Aaaaand today’s plumber cancelled.
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ah man. ok. thanks for update.
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Take care Mike. Hope everything gets cleared up fast.
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Fully understood. Man, I always say hiatuses are for chumps, been there a time or two myself, but I know some of what’s up and just sending all the support and energy from here. Give ‘er!
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Thanks man. I’m exhausted. Waiting for a visit from a THIRD plumber. Jen is supposed to wait all day I guess. But she had a 1 AM MRI today too. We are both exhausted.
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Why the hell are three plumbers involved? Were the first two useless? Unable to fix it? Unable to diagnose it?
She needs to tell them of her appointment and just go. If they come while she’s gone, that’s on her. No way is it reasonable to make someone wait all day. A range of a few hours is fine, even furniture stores do that, but all day? Hell no.
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OK this might be hard to explain but here goes.
I live in a condo. The pipes are the responsibility of the building management. They set up the plumbers. I’m not paying these plumbers.
The first plumber said “I dunno” and left.
The second plumber said “It’s the main pipe” and took pictures of the issue.
The third plumber was supposed to come today but had to cancel due to emergency.
We are at the mercy of the management, because these are not my pipes, I can’t do anything.
Her appointment already happened, it was 1:30 AM. Now she can have a sleep because we know a plumber isn’t coming.
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I’m glad it worked out for your lovely wife, but man, “I dunno” and just taking pictures, I think management needs to find better plumbers. It’ll only end up costing them more in the long run if they don’t get it done faster because the damage will spread. Are these pipes in your condo, or from above or beside, or something?
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Dude I am so many beefs with management right now… It would make your eyes bleed reading it. Let’s just say I’ve heard we may be changing management companies soon.
They are from above. And it’s drain water so it smells terrible. It’s awful man.
I will say though that Jen has been awesome for the last week, taking care of this issue. She’s been putting her own life aside and taking the bull by the horns and that’s not easy with her health but she’s doing an amazing job. On the phone every day, getting it done.
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Your lovely wife rocks, sir!
Drain water? UGH. That sucks. And I’ve been there. Rememeber when I said we had a leaking toilet in the upstairs bathroom that wrecked the ceiling of the downstairs bathroom? Yeah. I can TOTALLY commiserate, man.
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I feel bad…until this is fixed I can’t focus on my show, so I told Deke I had to cancel…which I didn’t even think about how it effects him. But he’s continuing with the Storm Force interview next week. He asked me to ride shotgun and I can do that for him.
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I’m sure he understands, and he’ll handle it just fine!
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You know he’s going to handle it fine! It’ll give him a chance to do something that, honestly, he should be doing. He’s good enough to host his own show. He’s been wanting to launch it for a while. Now he has a killer debut episode to launch with. I’m happy to sit there and be his Andy Richter! It’s a shame I lost this opportunity to host it myself. But a) community and b) Deke asks the guests anyway. If I can’t put 100% into my interviews I’d rather let someone else do it.
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That’s great foresight, and COMMUNITY indeed! Where have I heard that word before? ;)
Hey, totally unrelated: Do you have the Jacob Moon CD called The World I Left Behind in your collection?
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You know, come to think of it, the first plumbing company we called out said they’d fixed it but didn’t. It was the second plumber who properly diagnosed it. Trades like that, they don’t even answer the phone half the time because they are already run off their feet as it is. So I think sometimes you get the less-trusted ones from the bottom of the barrel because they will still pick up the phone. Blech.
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Sounds about right. And get this — the water main just blew on the street outside. So now we have no water! Feast or famine, am I right?
I took the afternoon off to deal with all this stuff, and to make sure I’m taking care of my mental health.
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Holy shit. Dude. DUDE. I’m glad you’re taking care of yourself (and your lovely wife). Has management called the city, at least?
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Oh yeah city is out there right now, I can hear the machines from my window. Just funny. At least I don’t have a leak right now. Things are drying out nice!
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Oh that is a relief!!!
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Sorry, that’s on them, not her! What I meant.
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