Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Dreams & Nightmares… | 7/15/24

Episode Date: July 15, 2024

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We talked about the possibility of this happening, and it looks like it already has. So I hope you acted when we talked about it. A red box, you know, the red video rental kiosk is shutting down. As its owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, transitions from Chapter 11 bankruptcy to Chapter 7 liquidation. So that means the company is going to sell off all its assets to pay creditors, having failed to develop a debt repayment plan.

As a result, before we got this official news, I said, go get movies. Because you're not going to have to bring them back. You're just not going to have to bring them back. So as a result, a thousand employees will be laid off. Very sad. And Redbox 24,000 DVD rental kiosk. across the U.S. will be shut down. So there's no more Red Box rentals.

I think they set up a streaming service as well, if I remember right. But again, that's probably why they went to chapter 11 and now Chapter 7 liquidation because nobody knew about it and you could get your movies for a dollar or whatever at the Red Box kiosk. But, you know, did I use them before?

Absolutely, I have. But would I get a movie now for a dollar and then not have to bring it back because the boxes are closed? If I had a movie from Red Box right now, I would consider it mine. But, you know, we'll see what happens with all you people who have Red Box movies. And it may not be that many, which is why they're shutting down. But if you have your DVD movie from Red Box, I'm not speaking on behalf of the company. company, but on behalf of Chewing the Fat, go ahead. Just keep it.

Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat. Wow. That's all I can say is wow since the last time we met. If you're listening live, today is the 15th of July, 2024 Monday. So when last we met, things have changed. we had our presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump have an assassination attempt on him

which was incredible and there's so many stories inside and out of this assassination attempt we covered it on Pet Unleash today and we'll cover it in the future as it goes on I don't need to get into it that much here on this show but just say that he it's good that he was not

actually assassinated that's for sure and we're happy that he's still alive. We have the RNC convention going on in Milwaukee and Trump is there. I mentioned over the weekend on my ex account at Jeffrey JFR that someone needed to wake up

the president and let him know that Donald Trump was shot. That's almost true. That's almost what happened. We got reports that Peter Ducey from Fox News, after there was no comment from the White House or Joe Biden on his social media accounts and the rest of the world leaders were all commenting. He called the White House and said, hey, what's your comment about President Trump being shot? And he was asked, what are you talking about? So my indication that they needed to wake him up, I believe that was pretty much true. needed to happen. Maybe wake up the

entire staff over there working for our president, Joe Biden. Then today we get news that the judge has dismissed the classified documents case against Trump and saying that Jack Smith, the special counsel,

was unlawfully appointed. Interesting. Isn't it that it's all starting to fall apart? And I will say that I think my favorite my favorite meme this weekend, you know, meme, comedy line, whatever you want to call it, was that Donald is a billionaire gangster. Trump has three baby mamas, a mugshot, 34 felonies, and has been shot.

He has more street cred than most new gen rappers. Think about it. That's awesome. Then, more of what actually took place since last we met. Our man, Alec Baldwin, who was originally charged with involuntary manslaughter and a firearm enhancement charge. And then later they took that charge away. And they dismissed all those charges against Alec. But then they said, oh, we've got new facts on the case.

And so they went to the grand jury and indicted him again. Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, go out. No, no, well, that's what they thought, and that's what they wanted. That's for sure. And so they got the indictment from the grand jury, duh. And that, you know, so we're back to court again, which is just silly. So the day prior to picking the jury for Alec, his team won the victory because the judge, ruled that a pre-trial hearing that his role as co-producer on rust was not relevant to the trial.

I don't know that I really agree with that, but I'll, you know, I'm happy that for him that they took that out. So it prevented the prosecutors from arguing that he bore a special responsibility on the set. Well, as co-producer, he did. Anyway, Baldwin's lawyer, no, no, no, don't even think about pushing that gun. I did not say Alec Baldwin. So the lawyers asserted that Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office took possession of live rounds of ammunition as evidence but did not record them in the official case file

or reveal their existence to the actor's defense team. Duh. Duh. And it's just incredible because no matter how it happened, this person took the ammunition to the sheriff's office as a Morrissey, the special prosecutor in the case, insisted that the disputed ammunition was not linked to the case

or hidden from Baldwin's lawyers. Well, yeah, the sheriff's office crime scene technician, Marissa Popple testified under cross-examination that a good Samaritan had come to authorities with ammunition earlier this year. The Colt 45 rounds were delivered to the sheriff's office on March by this Troy Teske,

a former police officer and friend. of Fell Reed, the stepfather of the rust armor, Hannah Guterres read, the same day that she was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Halita Hutchins' death. She was later sentenced to 18 months behind bars. This may affect that actual ruling as well. Baldwin's attorneys asked the judge to dismiss the case altogether because of this revelation, arguing that they should have been told about the cold 45 rounds. Well, yeah, that also means that there were live rounds on the set that Alec had

nothing to do with, didn't even know about. So there's no way that he could be responsible for live rounds on the set. So, exactly. So, defense attorneys were, I believe the importance of the evidence was misconstrued by the defense attorneys.

This was the prosecution. Uh-huh. There's no way for, now the judge, District judge, Mary Marlowe Sumner, or Summer, S-O-M-M-E-R, There's no way for the court to write this wrong. The sanction of dismissal is only warranted remedy. The dismissal was with prejudice.

That means that the involuntary manslaughter against Alec Baldwin cannot be filed again. Prejudice is granted. Now, with respect to the jury, I don't imagine you all want to return on Monday. I will take care of the jury. Yeah. Okay. So she wraps it up and tells him, you're done. Have a nice day.

Take care. And I know you guys don't want to come back on Monday. So I'll take care of the jury. I got it for you. Don't worry about it. Alec. Go ahead. Get out of here.

Go ahead. I'm sick of seeing you. I'm sick of seeing all of you, as a matter of fact. And by the way, I mean, the prosecutor, what's her name, Morrissey? She, I was surprised. I don't know how much longer she'll have a job. I mean, this was agonizing. And she already lost.

Prior to this trial, one of her prosecutors quit. And then during this trial, on Friday, the day that the judge let Alec hit the bricks, another one quit. And said, no, I'm not,

I got nothing to do with this, this ammunition, this hiding, this hiding, anything. I've got nothing to do with it. Oh. Okay. So have a nice day and my man, we're done with the trial now. This is a sad day because we're going to have to say goodbye to Alec and Alec Baldwin. I mean, I don't know what to do. You do know a human died, right? So we should be, we should be sad for.

the human that died. Well, yeah, yeah. Helena Hutchins, I'm sad that she died. I feel like you're more sad about the case being over. No, I'm sad she died. See, there's a hesitation. I mean, someone has paid the price. Did they? Yes, Gutierrez-Reed is 18 months in prison.

I mean, that's going to get overturned. Very well might because of this, no question. So yes, I mean, I'm sad for... What's her name again? it's a way to Hodge. Stop it. It's just...

Stop it. I'm sad. It's very sad that she died. But to blame... So is the movie going to be... Yeah, I don't know. I don't know if we'll ever see Rust. They finished filming it.

I mean, yeah, they went up to Wisconsin or something or Wyoming. Yeah, you're not going to go back to Arizona. No, no. That's shut down. But they tried to make Alec... No, case is over. Oh, okay. The case is over.

No, I'm still talking about the case, though. No, no, the case is over. I'm still talking about the case. Case is over. Well, I don't want, then I'm not talking about the case anymore. We're done. Darn it. He's a free man now.

Exactly. So why should we use this? Because I was still talking about the trial when it was, Your Honor, we were still in the case. I was talking about what was happening in the case. it counts, right? No. Dismiss with

prejudices granted. Fine. Fine. Now, with respect to the jury, I'll take care of what we heard you. I will want to return on Monday. I will take care of the jury.

Yeah. We are in recess. We're in recess. Get out of here. Have a nice day. All right. Fine. We're done. Rest in peace to Alec.

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JASE.com. Jase.com. All right, big day at the movies this weekend for Dispicable Me 4. Number 1, 44.6 million. Wow, that's a lot. Long Legs, the Nicholas Cage horror movie, opened with 22.6 million inside out, snagged another 20.7 million, so that has 572.6 million domestically and 1.35 billion

globally. That will be number one before this is all said and done. A quiet place, day one, got another 11.8 million, reaching 11.2 million domestically. And fly me the moon. I got 10 million, so it's 19 million globally. I don't see. Bad boys, ride or die, got another 4.4 million. Where is Horizon? Oh, there it is.

Number 7. Collects 2.44 million domestically. 27 million, only that, 27 million for the first, what, two or three weeks? Third week? Wow.

That is not doing well at all. And I see where they are dropping the second movie. So I thought that they were pulling it from the theaters and then they would just release it on streaming. Nope. What they're doing is they're saying, you know what we need to do is not release the second movie so that more people will have an opportunity to see the first movie before we release the second movie. Oh, okay, so now we can't even see the second movie. Wow.

Oh, wow, Kevin. What are you doing, man? Now, he is saying he's moving forward. The third film is being filmed now. All right. I think it's going to start. He said the production on the third film began. Yeah, he's already started production on the third film.

And he's set to continue back at it in August. And he also has the script ready for the fourth film. so okay uh i don't know what they're going to do with it i i want to see the second one i want to see them i mean just release them let us see what the heck is going on but because i think i said before that the first one was but i feel like the second one is going to be a lot better because the first one was laying all that groundwork but uh they're going to make me wait for the second one which is very disappointing. And Kevin is, I mean, he's got to be really, really disappointed.

And I don't necessarily blame him, but, you know, you could have done better, too, Kev. Oh, and speaking to the box office, I see where Regal Cinemas is going to revive all their theaters. The theater chain is investing $250 million to upgrade their theaters across the U.S. They're rolling out luxury recliners and digital enhancements at over 30 locations. Welcome to the party, Regal. Where are you been? They want to aim viewers back from their streaming sofas. Well, it's not only that.

If I have to go to a Regal or go to an AMC or go to a local theater that has reclining chairs and people bringing me food, I'm going there. So it's a bold move, is it? in the post-pandemic entertainment landscape, especially as a parent company's Cineworld navigates choppy financial waters. Yeah, that's part of the problem. So the cash infusion will also boost their digital presence, making ticket buying smoother than it has been,

which, see, that's part of the problem. You guys are behind the eight ball already. So anyway, you just know that regal cinemas are going to go through a big remodel, and they'll be a lot more comfortable for you to see movies at Regal Cinemas, but it may be, in my eyes, too late for Regal. Then in Vegas, if you are looking for a movie job, I see where they're going to open up the Vegas film industries,

an 85,000 square foot film factory in Las Vegas. They plan to produce 20, 30, low-to-midget films annually for streaming services and distributors. Wow. So this Chris Peskin, an independent film producer and founder of Vegas film industries, said he has experience in both the U.S. and Europe envisions Las Vegas as the center of Hollywood 2.0. He cites the city's advantages over Los Angeles, including favorable tax and labor laws. That's the most favorable advantage.

And were the key reasons for the shift. Yeah, you think. No kidding. Vegas film industries will focus on action horror and family-friendly genres with production starting next year. Studio aims to hire and train young filmmakers employing hundreds depending on production needs. The initial investment required is around $300 million.

He hopes to attract investors, which means he doesn't have it, with film industry experience to increase budgets and attract big name talent over time. The goal is to produce high-quality films on lower budget. Wait, what? Yes, using both 35-millimeter and D. digital cameras. Okay. Vegas is seeing a surge in film studio development.

Howard Hughes and Sony Pictures Entertainment are planning a 31-acre studio in Summerland, featuring 13 billion and two open lots for production needs. 800,000 square foot Nevada Studios campus at UNLV's Harry Reid Research and Technology Park. Oh, Harry Reid's still being involved in Vegas. These developments are turning Las Vegas into the new Hollywood 2.0. Yeah, no kidding. So good luck

And if you're looking for a movie gig Move to Vegas All right let's go to the break room I need something cold to drink Desperately Hey Jeffie I have a question for you All right be sure to follow me

on my social media sites So you're just going to ignore me I literally just said Hey Jeffie I have a question I didn't realize that was on the air Are we live We are live Yes, we are.

Yes, we are alive. Yeah, because a listener, Linda, because she's listening live. She says, hey, can you ask Jeffrey where he found that post about Trump with three baby mamas, et cetera? That was priceless. Thanks. So can you just like retweet it so people can see it? Yes, I'll retweet it at Jeffrey, JFR on X. You can't retweet because it's X, but I'll repost it on X.

You can repost. Yeah. Go just hit the little circle thing. And I just got them saying it. I know that's what she's listening. Oh, wait, because we're listening live. Oh, yeah. Yes, live.

What do you think? That she's listening to the podcast? She literally just sent me this. I'm happy to, Linda. I'll, in fact, you know what? It's Linda Rose, by the way, at Linda underscore Rose W. Did she tag me on the question or just you? No, she, well, I guess you've been ignoring her this entire time in the show.

Oh, no. So she private message me. Like, hey, tell the fat man. She did not say that part. answer my text she didn't say that part either but what she did say was yeah she wants to

hi can you ask jeffy where he found the post about Trump with three baby mamas etc that was priceless thanks yes it was I don't see you moving your hands thank you linda rose I appreciate it and I will I will post that

shortly where else can people find you and cameo and Instagram sorry I didn't mean to I didn't mean to miss up your flow of the live broadcast. I'll post it there as well. Where?

On cameo? Baby mamas. Yeah, I'll post it on cameo. Because you can follow me on cameo at Jeffrey JFR. Then you could order a cameo from me as well, which is not free at Jeffrey JafR. That's your pimp, right? I'll post, they are my pimp. That's right.

You go to the pimp, the pimp hooks you up with me, the pimp gets the money, and the pimp gives me a cut, and you enjoy what I do for you. That's the way it works. And so I'll post it on Facebook, Jeff Fisher Radio, Instagram, Jeff Fisher Radio, and X at the Jeffey JFR. Just for, well, for everyone, but just for Linda. For Linda Rose W. Linda Rosed.

Linda underscore Rose W. How many names does she have? Well, well, well, look at this. Pat Sejack isn't done after all. Weird, isn't it? maybe the stories of what's her face and what's his face not liking each other actually are true. I mean, I don't know. So apparently he, Pat Zajek is coming back to do the celebrity wheel of fortune.

All right. So what's his face, Ryan Seacrest and Vanna White are still doing the main show. Okay. And that starts, um, September. then Sayjack is going to do Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and they claim that Ryan is going to do Celebrity Wheel of Fortune after

this season which will be Sayjack's final season. Huh. I thought he was retiring, going to Hawaii. He was going to be in a play at the Hawaii Theater Center. He was supposed to the play is called Prescription. murder. And he's supposed to be in this play in Hawaii and be on retirement there. So we shall

see what else is going on behind the scenes at the old Wheel of Fortune. But for now, you have Ryan Seacrest and Van der Waite doing the regular season of A Wheel of Fortune this year. And Pat's Ajax is, you know, I guess coming out of retirement for Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, although the way they spin this, get it, spin, is that he was going to then retire from Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.

So I guess that's a separate entity. Uh-huh. Speaking of celebrities, we had Wimbledon wrapping up this past weekend and Djokovic lost to win Carlos Alcaraz

beat Jokovic to win back-to-back Wimbledon titles and Barbara Kretiakov won the women's Wimbledon championship. But the Princess of Wales, the soon-to-be queen, Kate showed up at Wimbledon this weekend, and they were, I mean, it was celebrity. She went to the royal box, of course,

and she had her daughter with her, and she made her appearance. She did look thin. I know she's battling cancer, so it's a battle. I understand. She looked thinner than normal. but she still looked good

and they announced her coming into Wimbledon and I mean the crowd went crazy standing O at center court at Wimbledon she's there with her daughter and they are happy to see her oh boy

that's the queen by the way Queen consort you wouldn't get that ovation I mean that is incredible So that was, I mean, that's real. That's not the fake Kate.

Or is it? Or is it? I know. They claimed that that was really her. But for sure, she's the next queen of England, period. And so they obviously love her. So I understand that, you know, Chuck wanted Camilla. And so we.

I guess we're supposed to call her a queen consort, but no, sorry. I'm not going to do that. And maybe if I was invited to dinner, I might do it just for, just to be nice. But Kate is the queen. It's hockey season, and you can get anything you need delivered with Uber Eats. Well, almost, almost anything. So no, you can't get a nice rank on Uber Eats. But iced tea, ice cream, or just plain old ice?

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Product availability varies by region. See app for details. Who died today? Who died today? And the list goes on and on amazingly. today. So we've got to get to the three of the biggies. Dr. Ruth

Westenheimer dead at the age of 96. There was no cause of death. She died peacefully at home. So I don't think it had anything to do with that. She was 96. She

was confirmed by her family and friends and said that she died at home with her family around her. And it was as peacefully as she could possibly go she was 96 she had an amazing life uh when asked about uh what surprised her most about her life she said then i became famous and then i have a wonderful daughter son-in-law wonderful son and daughter-in-law and four wonderful grandchildren but her life like she was born in uh germany a jewish refugee she called herself an orphan of the holocaust she lost her entire family

during World War II. Just amazing. Then she, after the war, well, she got on a train with her mother and grandmother, put her on a train to Switzerland after her father was taken away by the Nazis as part of a kinder transport. It was an organized escape of thousands of Jewish children

out of Germany into Switzerland. So that's how she survived. after the war she immigrated to Palestine in 1945 where she began going by her middle name Ruth was trained to be a sniper for the Israeli armor army then she moved to Paris studied psychology moved to New York City married a couple times divorced a couple times

and then she met Manfred Westenheimer a telecommunications engineer who was also a Jewish refugee and she said that he was her third husband but that was their real marriage. And then in 1980, she got an offer to do a radio show, public radio station WYNY's Community Affairs Manager, Betty Elam, had heard her speak and said, you know, why don't we usually do a call-in show on sex education?

And that started as a 15-minute debut after midnight, turned into the live call-in show, sexually speaking. Lasted 10 years, led to a series of TV and radio shows. she was answering questions all the time. One of the favorite questions was when do people needed to learn about oral sex? I would tell them to go buy an ice cream cone and practice. So very sad.

Dr. Ruth Westenheimer dead at the age of 96. Then we have fitness pioneer, all-round pioneer of everyone needs to be loved. Richard Simmons has passed away one day after his

76 birthday. Now I know some of you are saying, wait, he wasn't already dead? I know. There's some investigations that need to be done on Richard, but he died at his home in Hollywood, California, and his longtime publicist

confirmed that, yes, the death of Simmons is true and was one day after he turned 76. He claimed earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with skin cancer after seeing a dermatologist about a strange-looking bump under his right eye. He had basal cell carcinoma. So is that what killed him? I don't know.

He said he was still feeling good. He was answering questions and talking about stuff on X all the time that I saw. But, you know, was it really him? I don't know. We can break out the Richard Simmons stories about where

he was, the disappearance of Richard Simmons and there's pictures of him and, you know, who was, if they were keeping him prisoner in his own home, he said that

the Polly Shore movie about his life, he never gave permission for that. But anyway, for now, we'll believe what we're told for now. and that Richard Simmons is dead at the age of 76.

I saw his brother posted on Richard's ex site, The Wait Saint. Hello, everyone. I don't want people to be sad about my brother. I want them to remember him for the genuine joy and love he brought to people's lives. He truly cared about people. He called, wrote, and emailed thousands of people throughout his career to offer help. So don't be sad. celebrate his life.

He was very excited about all the upcoming ventures he was working on. We are in shock. Please respect the family at this difficult time. Lenny Simmons. Yeah, we're in shock too, but we need to know. We want to know. And everybody's been sharing, you know,

funny Richard Simmons clips. And I remember seeing him in the radio station and he would jump up on the tables and he would give everybody giant hugs and run around and scream. and it was one time he Richard was in the studio and then I remember uh then governor Bob Graham who ended up being a senator Bob Graham from the great state of Florida uh Richard would jump up on his lap and the governor was like what the heck is this well was Richard Simmons duh then we have

Dority, Shannon Doherty, dead at the age of 53. It was confirmed that she died in Malibu, California. Her rep, Leslie Sloan, says with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannon Doherty. She lost her battle with cancer after many years of fighting the disease. Yeah, she went into remission for a while and talked about how great it was to be in remission. And then it came back with a vengeance. Now, don't look at me like that.

You can't prove that I don't know that she was vaccinated. And if she was, I don't know if that caused the cancer to come back with a vengeance. Okay, so don't look at me like that. Just know that, you know, she passed away from the stage four cancer. Okay? She told people that it came back and that's all. She said it's a bitter pill to swallow, but that's the way it is. Remember, she was in Beverly Hills 90210.

And then she did that for four years. And then she did some guest shots. And then she did Charmed, the first year, the first two or three years of Charmed, which I was forced to watch that stupid show. And then they gave her the boot. Alyssa and Holly Marie gave her the boot from the show. I noticed I didn't, I looked to see if Alyssa had said anything. Like, hey, we'll miss you.

Nope, I didn't see any of that. I did go to Melissa's X account, or Alyssa, not Melissa, Alyssa's ex account. And she has a blue check mark, and she also has, under the blue check mark, I'm never going to pay for a blue check mark. So she's as much of a hypocrite

about everything as she always was. Rest in peace, Shannon Doherty, dead at the age of 53. With Amex Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your travel bug, but your taste buds too. That's the powerful backing of Amex. Conditions apply. It's a done deal. Your stamp prices are going up. I know. Dry your eyes. Okay, we talked about it, but it's actually a done deal. The Postal Regulatory Commission signed off. on the USPS proposal to raise the rates.

Yay! That was a big surprise that they would sign off on it. Yeah, go ahead. It's been so long since the rates went up. I mean, you know, I think they just went up in January of this year.

So, I mean, they rose in July of 2023, January of 2023, July of 2020, July of 2022, They just keep going up. About every six months. I mean, they waited almost seven months before they raised the rates here again. So here we go.

I'll see, these are the increases. Let's see. The prices of a first class mail forever stamp will increase from 68 cents to 73. This all starts on the... It's already started. It's already started. This is that today, you're listing live. today is the 15th of July

2024. It's already started yesterday. The price of a first class mail forever stamp 73 cents up from 68 cents. The rates of first class mail going up by 7.8%. Most increases

have been 2 to 3 cents. The other approved increases metered one-ounce letters will now cost 69 cents up from 64 cents. Postcards sent domestically will be 56 cents up from 53 cents. International postcards,

and one ounce letters will see a 10 cent increase to $1.65 cents. The additional ounce price for a single piece letter increases from 24 cents to 28 cents. And that's already happened. So if you forgot to go to the post office last week to get your stamps, you'll be paying more. today. Okay, I have had these dreams and nightmares in the last couple weeks, and I don't,

and I normally don't remember them. And I don't know what brought on the dreams. I don't know if you're dreaming more or having nightmares more, but I just, I wake up and I remember a couple of them, and it's really strange. Like one, one night, one night I woke up, and I freaked my wife out and she's all freaked out, like, what's going on? So I've been following these people, and I know the people in the dream. I'm familiar with them. I was an old boss and an old colleague, and I don't know, I was some kind of investigator or something.

And then they catch me in a room. And then they spray me with some kind of stuff that in the dream, as they're taking me away, they spray me with this thing. And I can't speak. In the dream, and I can't speak. Now, that's a nightmare out of itself for me. Okay, I know. I get that.

I get there's got to be some connection there. But I can't speak. And so I'm trying to speak as they're carrying me away. And that's where I, ah! And I finally, I finally was able to speak because I hollered. And I woke up screaming. And my wife is like, what's going on? What's happening?

I mean, it just freaked her out. And I just sat there like, I, I, I'm okay. I'm okay. I was trying to, I couldn't speak. And then I can speak. And that's, that's the gist of what I remember of that nightmare. Then the other day, I said the other day because I fell asleep in the front room. I'm in the front room and I'm sitting there in the chair and I was like, I'm so tired.

And I just put my head down. I went to sleep. And I was dreaming about, I don't know what it was, something. It was really weird. whatever it was and in the dream they were showing me a piece of paper to read they they were keeping it from me and they were like you then i was like no i have to read that i have to see that let me see that and i finally got it from them to see and i opened my eyes to see the paper only i opened my eyes in real life not in the dream so when i opened my eyes and there's obviously no paper there so i never saw

what was on the paper. I closed my eyes again to see if I could get the dream back, but no, it's gone. It's over. I could not. I opened my eyes in real life, nothing was there. And then I went to close my eyes again. Oh, no, no, no, no, not that way. I want to see, I want to see what's on the paper in the dream. And it

wasn't, then it was gone. And I lost it. So, that was it. It's just, just sharing what's going on in my life. How about you? Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content. at the blaze.com slash podcasts. Unwrap holiday magic at Holt Renfrew with gifts that say I know you.

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