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yeah so um you know we're gonna have some fun with this folks so we got a new pad and hopefully the audio sounds good what's up everyone craig that's amazing i uh didn't know that we had these new features and honestly honestly when you started doing that i didn't know if you knew that you were doing it and i was like

This Craig's little demon. I love it. I love it. That's awesome. Yeah. So we've got f***ing mountains now. Just in case we ever choose to have James Kennedy on here, we'll just hit that button every 15 seconds. We've got our new road coaster from Roadcaster. Wow. Has it always been Roadcaster? Yeah, but I've always called it a coaster too. It kind of looks like a big coaster. Well, Roadcaster from Sweet...

Gra- sweet grass sound. Sweet water. Sweet water. I rehearsed that. Sorry, I forgot it. So I'm in the studio and Austin's in Charleston. We're both back for the foreseeable future. And we're excited to get back into the podcast game. Obviously, the last few weeks, we were just taking it a little easy. And now we're back. Yeah, it feels good to be back.

and um Nick what's going on buddy I haven't really seen you or talked to you in like two weeks just been working I've hit the gym again and started bench pressing and man am I freaking weak I am so weak yeah I was throwing 35s on there it was dying eventually do that to you we uh I got back into the gym today after two weeks you know being away and

I wasn't in Mexico for two weeks, but just gone from Charleston. And when I went to bench today, I just felt weak. I was like, man, after two weeks and I've already lost it. Like what, what the hell? So. Yeah. You're it's funny because, well, it's not funny, but consistency in the gym is tough, but the more you work out your bottom, like, you know, band of resistance is a lot higher. Like you,

Fortunately, you didn't feel as weak as you did a year ago. No, no, no, no, no, definitely not. It is wild how much you can lose. I think back to where I was two years ago, and I was like, I can't imagine trying to get there now. If you were like, Craig, you have to put on like 25 pounds. You're like, oh, man.

Um, no, no, no, I, I feel you. And slowly will send me picks man all the time. He's like, Hey man, just so you know, you know, like I'll be in there solo or something. And I'm like, I don't know, man, like I'm not putting on. And then, you know, he'll like, you know, send me something from like a year or two ago. And he was like, don't forget that used to be this, you know, little bitch. I was like, all right, all right. Hell yeah. So the transformation, you know, if we don't see it is noticeable, which is pretty cool, but yeah.

enough gym talk craig and i are just a bunch of gym rats and uh we're gonna turn this into a fit podcast where we're gonna motivate all of you to reach your fitness goals if you do it austin's way you can just take a break in the middle of your fitness journey and go to mexico for two weeks yeah

for wellness and i certainly wanted to work out while i was there but let's just be honest you know working out on vacation is very tough you know you say that you're going to and even if i was in like a groove you go on vacation and you're like yeah that's that's not that's that old word discipline yeah well um yeah and i i clearly didn't have any i clearly didn't have any and i just just got a tan instead

Well, that's good. I'm excited to get a tan. Speaking of tans, we... It was 78 today in Charleston. And I took Paige to the airport and she had a fur coat with her. And was just... I was like, it is wild how...

climates are different in the country i mean i you know we both no man but i think that new york is hot as shit like my sister went on like a she actually tracked it yesterday she went on a 20 mile walk because the weather was gorgeous oh that's nuts is that insane

Yeah, good for Katie. Well, no, the weather, that's great, but I mean, it's getting cold. Like, spring's here in Charleston, but that's not the case for many places up north. Like, it will be cold. Like, it's going to snow again in some places. Yeah. I mean, didn't some places get 10 feet on the west coast? I mean, like, you know, Jackson Hole and, like, mountains are. Yeah, Jackson Hole, yeah. Or friends there. Well, yeah, I mean, I saw a bunch of trucking, like, box trucks were stuck in California in the snow, but...

Anyway, we meet a lot of people and they're like, oh, well, we're from Chicago. It's cold up there right now. And you're like, yeah, yeah, yeah, but we love the summer. But honestly, it's interesting how some people live in Florida like Dustin and Paulina and it feels like the Bahamas all year. And then some people live up north. Like I'm happy with where we are here. It was cool with a couple cold months, but I mean, even though I sneezed all day because of the pollen bloom, I was like, this is nice. This is great.

what do we always say here man that charleston has what in three seasons or did we say two i think it's three because you know charleston is not a four season city no but it's got you know summer spring fall and winter that will that's four seasons but no i'm saying like spring and fall are the same yeah basically basically that's what i'm trying to say is that no

i think that spring just goes like right into winter like i don't think that charleston really has a fall like the summer is just long as hell you just went all over the place summer goes into sorry i drank a rebel rabbit but the summer goes into the winter it just goes we don't really get winter until january and february yeah it's short sometimes like this year um but we had a blast with chicks in the office

Those of you who came to the show, thank you. It was awesome to see you. I met a lot of y'all the next day at the store and Austin got to go with y'all to Uptown Social. Chicks was a lot of fun. Love those girls. And it felt really cool to be like a guest on someone else's rather than doing our own Craig. It was just different. It was different. What did they do at all?

uh they went out for like the first hour you know and then and then craig and i kind of came on to clean it up in the last like 30 30 plus minutes did did some q a and yeah it was just fun it was just funny and for once even craig was on the receiving end of of you know the playful you know poking so i got to just sit there and laugh a lot and it was

It was great. It was funny. And it was a lot of people at the show had been to our bills and beer shows. So yeah, it was definitely impressed. And I mean, a little bit surprised that there were so many PMB and besties out there. Well, we should do it. We need to do one. Yeah. A few months.

In Charleston? No, not in Charleston. But we do need to do one in Charleston. That is being worked on. But we have one officially in a few months. And if we were going to do one, then the time to do one is in the spring or summer. It would be at the Riviera. Yeah. That was a cool place for sure. And the bar is coming along, by the way. It's still under the...

Still under demolition, and our partners just opened a beautiful place called Bodega in Mount Pleasant. I have not gotten to stop by the new coffee breakfast shop, but I'm excited to. Yeah. I ended up going yesterday with Rodrigo because I kind of just got a little bit of cabin fever yesterday because I didn't do much this weekend other than Friday night, right? I mean, because Friday night was a banger after the show going to...

Uptown Social, which is another bar from our business partners. And that was Craig. That was an interesting one to say the least. Craig did not join us, but his brother and fiance did. Yeah, they had a blast with you guys. And then I got about a million texts all night and then about a million stories the next day in the store about Whitney and Madison joining you guys. And it sounds like it was a...

It was a while. And I guess you guys were like in a fishbowl in uptown. Yeah, we had a fishbowl.

Everyone had plenty of stories about Whitney and said Madison was just having a fun time. Yeah, Madison and Whitney were in rare form. And I loved every minute of it, to be honest, because Madison was just in the front rail, like fist bumping everyone. And she was like, get up here, Austin. She kept on trying to grab me. I was like, stop it, stop it, stop it. But like she kept on trying to grab me.

And she was like, yeah, man, she was loving it. She was loving being in front and center. But yes, man, Anna Fishbowl. So for all those.

So there's like a, you know, quote unquote, you know, private table at Uptown Social, but like it's not a club. Right. So so, you know, they're not used to having tables and like, you know, roped off areas and things like that. But as they've been open, they've realized that it's kind of the only area that if they're going to have one, then that's where it's going to be. The only problem is that it's like four feet, you know, freaking elevated off the ground.

So everyone who was below us just was looking at us and taking pictures and stuff. And I was like, oh man, we are in a fishbowl, but a hell of a lot of fun. It looked like a club. I showed the video to Paige and she was like, where is this club? And I was like, it's uptown. You've been there. It certainly looks like a club. With all the napkins. When I was in there. And there is a, yeah, man, the people throwing the napkins. I love that.

uh a new one for me uh really i i mean so i yeah it is no no it is i i mean basically at downtown social when when we did the bar crawl recently greg is the first time that i saw it and i was like what's everyone throwing these napkins for but it it looks cool to be honest so my first experience was with a place called america's backyard

And man, I wonder if people listening will know it. And it is a bar in Florida and like West Palm beach. I highly doubt it's still there.

or Fort Lauderdale, it might be. And the bar was an old swimming pool that had been emptied out. And so all the like bartenders were in the pool, but it was dry. And they had like shower faucets they'd throw on people. And all of a sudden, like every once in a while, the DJ would start to build up the beat. And then it would just like, and then it would just like, uh,

And you just hear it. And then all of a sudden people would just, all the bartenders would start to grab like a stack of napkins. You'd be like, what's going to happen? And then the beat would drop and they just throw them up in the air. And you were like, this is the greatest place in the world. And I was like, if I ever own a bar, I will be doing that. So I was just see uptown to it. So you're saying you didn't like it. I know. No, I think it's hilarious. I just can't help but think about it from like the other side. And I'm like,

that must be such a pain to have to clean up at the end of the night. And that's all that I could think about. Cause I kept on hucking like hundreds of hundreds of penny napkins in the air. And I mean, it does, it does look cool, but I was like, this probably sucks to clean up. You just get like a big push broom.

So we will be throwing napkins, especially at our opening weekend of By the Way. You heard it here first from Craig. No, I didn't say that. You said when I open a bar, I for sure want to do this. Yeah, that has always been my thought. But I don't think that By the Way is going to be the place. Maybe on a special occasion. Which is opening weekend. Which is opening weekend.

Which we don't know when it is yet, but we're aiming for July, August. So we'll let everyone here know. But we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back after this.

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Welcome back to Pillows and Beer. Hello, besties. I'm here with... Oh, man. Sorry, I'm getting a little click-happy on the new board here with Austin Kroll and Nick Norris. Oh, man. Spring has started in Charleston, and it looks like the news, TikTok, Instagram, tabloids, everything is just as crazy as it ever was. And...

Do you think that spring is actually here to stay, Craig? Do you think that we're going to jump back to some cold or rainy or random days? Or do you think that we're just on the up and up? No, I think last week was the last tip into the cold. I'm going to take... I don't think... I think the odds are in your face. I think the...

i think i'm the underdog with that oh my god nick nick is running his 40 time in the camera behind us he almost went through his tv um i think chances are higher that there is another dip but i don't think there's gonna be yeah just like um wendy's surge pricing which is you're right

Yeah, we're good. I thought I was segue. What a segue, Nick. You just missed the greatest segue into temperatures dropping and surging into Wendy's surging pricing. Good job, Craig. Well, I thought it was a joke when they announced this. So from my understanding, the Wendy's pricing is going to be kind of like

stock market e right where it's like okay i mean during these certain times and then the board will you know reflect the change see that's the dumbest thing in my book like well i don't it's already on the more expensive side i think for fast food like i love one of these true fast food but i just i don't know well the goal is to get people to come in during slow times and it'll equal out um you know the mom coming home from work who has to stop to feed the kids it's not

not great for but I have a feeling it'll be I think these are gonna be like 20 Cent yeah yeah 20 20 kind of like differentials yeah yeah see like other places are saying we're giving out free food and it's like the Wendy's discount I mean at the end of the day I I was in yeah once you start to take care of yourself you start to pick up on a couple things I was in Charleston airport

And they just closed the only place to get something healthy to eat to replace it with a Starbucks. So now if you want to eat while traveling to Chicago. What was it? Was it the caviar and bananas? Yeah. Now that's going to be Starbucks. Oh, really? So now there is a Chick-fil-A to eat from. Yeah. There is a... Cinnabon. A Cinnabon. There is a pizza joint. There's a Burger King. And so like where...

like you can go get one of those pre-made chicken Caesar wraps, I guess. And then I just started to pick up on it in airports. I was like, America is just poisoning itself. And like, you can call me crazy, but it's not like if you have any, any, any, any education into nutrition, like we are just poisoning our entire population. I mean, last summer I was in Europe for,

I mean, a while, longer than I should have been. And if you've been a bestie, then you know all about them. But when I came back, I had lost weight. I wasn't even working out then, right? But I had lost weight because the food over there is just... When I was just in Mexico for eight to 10 days, the same damn thing. I came back. I mean, I felt great. And then I eat some shit here and...

upset tummy for you know 24 hours and i'm like it's not really it is about health like you're legitimately just cutting off years of your life eating that way that's the thing it's all about longevity and spending time with your family so i mean it's i just was really sweet craig i wish someone oh yeah because people be like oh well i don't care if i have like rock hard abs you're like it's not about that

There's a commercial out there. It is a sweet commercial where the grandpa, you see him lifting up like a 25-pound man kettlebell over and over and over. And then you're like, what's he training for? What's he training for? And he keeps on holding it out in front of him. And then it turns out that at Christmas time, his little granddaughter comes in and he picks her up to put the star on top of the Christmas tree. And you're like, okay, nice. That's exactly what Craig's talking about here.

Well, that's a great one. Yeah. And it's a really, really good commercial. But I mean, look, okay. I guess I have to follow up that point with a lot of people don't even have a chance. I mean, I do think personal accountability is a huge thing, but I mean, like you take your family to the airport and,

To get ready to travel. And even if you wanted to eat healthy, you can't. So that's not, you know, so that is crazy. Like we're not. Yeah. I'm actually shocked because the Charleston airport has put a lot of money into redoing like a lot of things, you know, and like a Chick-fil-A came in. But as Craig said, I mean, I mean, I guess you could go there and get like, you know, a grilled, a grilled chicken fucking Sammy or like some grilled chicken nuggets. But that's, that's not what I would consider to be like,

healthy option if you're going to the airport and yeah you know if like you want to give your kids like a fruit cup where where the hell do you get them a fruit cup yeah so i know it does it's not easy and it's also way cheaper to eat unhealthy than it is healthy so i hope one day that

I mean, if you look at some of these menus, I'm so shocked. And I feel like I've said it here, but I'm always shocked where I'm like, what is McDonald's or Taco Bell, you know, offer like four, you know, entrees for five bucks or something like that. And I'm like, that is so criminally cheap. So, I mean. And in grocery stores, you know, veggies and stuff are expensive, but.

Yeah. It's I just, when I was like, wow, there's not a single place to eat. I was like, that's crazy. But of course, Chick-fil-A. Good on you. It's a rotisserie chicken. Good for you. It's not. Well, that's a real, it's not. Oh, it's not? Yeah. I mean, it's just like a grilled chicken. No, you can't say it.

It's no, don't say, is it good for you? Because that's not the appropriate question. Is it a good, like protein for you? No, not like, is it like fatty? By any means? No, but yeah, but it's still not like the best for you.

Why did you shake your head so fast, Nick? I mean, it's better than a lot of things. It's better than a lot of things, but it's still not like the healthiest option. Well, not like a full one, but I ordered my Instacart for the week because I just got back, I feel like, and it's like a normal week here. And so I ordered all my groceries and I was like, okay, well, it's not going to get here until eight or nine. So I'm going to order like a pre-made something and a rotisserie.

I was like, a rotisserie chicken. It's great. It's just sliced chicken. I mean, I slice the chicken. And I don't know. It didn't sit the best. And I was like, wait, is it full of bullshit? I mean, I just thought it was a chicken. No, it just melts the fats into the meat. Okay. Okay.

Well, it brought me back to my childhood because I swear when my mom would travel, my dad, bless his heart, he just couldn't cook. So we ate rotisserie chickens, I swear, like three to four times a week.

whenever my mom would travel well yeah it's the easiest i ate a ton in college from the first year yeah just in case it's like a full chicken it's like you know eight bucks it's crazy well just in case yeah multiple meals in one just in case your stomach feels silly from other reasons and who knew that all of our crypto balances would be right back to all of them like to even dude tell me what the hell is going on right now with dogecoin

well it's called me I'm mad it's up 32 percent um it's funny because obviously you know it's it was so down crypto was so down and you know hindsight is 2020 but I do remember thinking like I know that Bitcoin's gonna go back up but I'm not gonna jump back into this race because I don't have the discipline to like play the crypto market

where many people would say it's not like that. You buy it like a stock and hold. And so Ethereum that was down 60% from my cost basis is now above my cost basis. Bitcoin's way above it. And then Dogecoin, who I just kept, you know, the ones from crypto or from COVID in there, and they were worth basically nothing. Like now I just checked my Coinbase, which I hadn't in six months. And I was like, all right, maybe I'll take some money out.

i didn't keep i didn't really as i should have i'm stupid really well as you're sitting here talking about all this i i've never gone into crypto or dogecoin and now i'm like should i well you know to take off bitcoin was 35 on my birthday and i was like i just wanted to go back down or 45 into the 30s and i'll buy just like in the 30s go back in the 20s and buys it's up to 68 right now

68,000. So even a week ago, it was 50 and it's up 38% since a week ago.

i was gonna buy and i was like nick that's just gonna go up really fast then right back down like it always does like i'm still in nvidia nvidia's in at 860 now and i freaking i'm so done with robin hood i had eight i had call options for 815. 815 is where the stock had to get to make a gazillion dollars and it is at 860 now i bought them when the stock was at 700 and robin hood

sold them so i have to switch platforms put me in i told you which one to go to yeah we will that is that is ridiculous well i'm into options trading and um it's all it's a long story but now i don't sleep past 9 20 because i wake up before the the market opens every morning because it's my money on the line and i was like who knew that all i had to do to wake up in my life is add a monetary value to it that i could understand

Craig, you're into the stock market. That's not what I was expecting you to say, that you're up at 920 when the market opens. When does the market open? Is it open at 920? 930. It started about eight weeks ago. I started a group finance chat with my friends and we trade every day. That was not a part of my 24 bingo card, Craig.

Yeah, trade. I make about two to three trades a day. I really got to stop looking at stocks. It just depresses me with the ones I didn't buy. I know. We were in the gym today, and I watched Craig man walk over to his phone and pull up stock market. I was like, what do we got going over here? Yeah, Amazon kind of hurt me today. It bounced off the 180 resistance. I needed it to go above 180, but it didn't. But here's why. What I learned from it is I could not stop crying over spilt milk.

Like I just was obsessing over it being like, why did I get out at 32? It went to 36 or, and so I looked up how to stop crying over spilt milk. And what was the number one, what was the number one piece of advice, Craig, that you looked up, pay close attention to what you're doing. Immediately clean your mess for another cup and enjoy the experience.

So basically realize what you did wrong, reset, and then go back into it and have fun. Wait, I don't know. I was going to say to have fun there at the end. And have fun. Well, because it's to express crying over spilled milk is to express regret about something that has already happened or cannot be changed. Yes, we made a mistake, but there's no point in crying over the spilled milk. So pour yourself another glass and enjoy it.

Don't keep it. Don't let it. It's just human nature, though, to, you know, bitch about past doings, whether they were good or bad. Well, yeah, but.

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I haven't read and I can't tell you how long. I'm so jealous right now. I haven't read since college. So that's how bad I am. I got back into it. So yes, I'm going to give you some backstory. I'm going to make it a thing. But because some people will groan or will roll their eyes and some will be like, oh man, hell yeah. But my sister called me and said that she had begun a book club.

But that first and foremost, she was going to reread and not saying that I'm rereading. I'm just reading one. She was going to read for the first time the Harry Potters. And so on book three, she called me and was like, I'm excited. You should read this with me. So I began to read it with her and I got sucked in fast. I haven't read it again since I was like, I can't tell you. I mean, I probably was like 20 or something when I read it last. So it's been a long time.

prisoner of azkaban and even though you know what's gonna happen you can still read it yes because it's vastly different from you know the movies and it like sucks you right back in and it's awesome and it's really really cool that my sister hasn't seen

any of the movies and she's never read them so now she's so now she's reading the book and then she'll watch the movie keep her away from the movies well she's she's you know watching the movie tonight because she just finished book book three wait she's never seen any of the movies and you know i've seen them 50 times yeah and she hasn't and so now she's all into it and she's like

my God, I cannot wait to watch the third movie tonight. And I'm like, the third movie is where you're really just going to see a lot of things that change and that you don't know why they didn't keep it in this from the book. And that's when it really begins to change. I was like, so text me when you do it. And she has a set time. She's watching it at 930 tonight. And she was like, I'll text you. I'll text you. But she's been like excited as hell about it. But now that I'm reading this, I'm like, okay, cool. I'm going to finish this. Right. Because once you begin to read it, it really just flies. Um,

And now it's going to jump me into my next couple of books that I'm going to read and I'm just going to keep it going. And that makes me happy because I feel like every year, every year when the calendar changes, I'm like, I'm going to read X amount of books this year and I read like one. So I might actually be able to hit a handful of books this year and I just got to keep it going. Routine.

I'm jealous. Discipline. I said that's the one resolution that I have not followed through on. And I made it about five months ago, made a goal to start reading. And I just find an excuse now.

Me too, though. Not to do it. I just read my beekeeping book and loved it. But I've got these finance books and some real estate books, and I travel with them. They're always in my book bag. But I stay on my phone on the flight, and I don't read. Or at night, I watch TV instead of reading. I don't blame you for not wanting to read a finance book on the flight or something like that. It sounds awful. I like that stuff. That's what...

My type of reading. You wouldn't read fiction? You wouldn't read like, I don't know, there's like a thousand awesome fiction books out there that I could even recommend. Make the definitive, I wouldn't do that, but I enjoy nonfiction stuff. I sometimes think fiction's like, it's funny because movies might escape

But some people would think watching a movie is a waste of time. I think reading fiction is a waste of time, even though I enjoy it. But I also have no room to talk because I haven't started reading anything. Well, it's good for your brain, right? I mean, we're not...

spring school anymore. So like, we're like, yeah, I mean, our brain probably isn't firing as much as it should. And I'm sure that there are plenty of people out there that are like, my job sucks. I use like a, you know, like a, like a 10th of my brain power for it, you know, and reading is one of those things that

Have you had to write a card recently? Because that'll really wake you up into being like, do I really not use these muscles anymore? Right, that's funny. I always buy a Christmas card and then I'll write a little paragraph in there of my own words and my hand would cramp up. And I was like, this is embarrassing. Yeah. I mean, I have not written...

I mean, I have and I haven't. So man, funny enough, in one of my previous relationships, our thing was giving each other cards and we would write just novels. And I guess it's like the last time that I've written something like that. I'm not, no. And then I look at even my notes for like, you know, Trap Hop and shit, and it's like chicken scratch, Greg. I mean, man, look at this. It's like, it's barely freaking legible.

It's just like, you know, and I'm like, oh my God, like you're terrible at this. You're like, okay. My dad's a big card guy. He doesn't want a present. He just wants a card. You know, man, I mean, yeah, I can speak from experience. You know, getting like a card that someone has put, you know, thought into is like one of the best feelings. So that's really sweet that your dad just wants a card. It is my dad's birthday. Really? Happy birthday, Mr. C. Yeah.

I met a Phish fan that you've been to shows with, Austin. Really? She's one of Dave Kaplan's friends. They came by the store. I know. And so she's been to 100 shows, so has her husband. And they're going to the Delaware show. But it just reminded me that you'll be coming to Delaware at some point this summer. Do you remember her name, Craig? I can pull it up. Have I told you about the Alaska trip this summer? No, you haven't.

because i've been dying to go to alaska so tell me no maybe you have well i haven't planned it yet but the biggest fred meyer store is in alaska and so i was like all right i'll go like

Do an appearance and like you guys can call like, you know, Shep loves Alaska. And like, I'm sure you would be down to go to Alaska outside of the crazy fishing trip that Shep had to take us along on. And you have a relationship with Harris Teeter. And I was like, it could be fun to just go out during July because Paige, you know, is usually filming Summer House. And I was like, we can just the three of us go do...

Like we could bring Jack with us, honestly, and film the whole thing or something and just film us doing Alaska shit. Going to Alaska would be awesome. It's one of those places that like, if I don't make a conscious decision to go, you know, then maybe I'll never go. So yeah.

going to alaska would be would be awesome in the summer oh my god i bet it's unbelievable scenery out there shep would make us go fly fishing for sure it'd be so fun i like so fun so i i really want to um if you want me and austin to do a live show in alaska where do we do it like in anchorage or in june her name's robin and then i won't say her last name though okay since you um

Well, you know, I spend a lot of time talking to chat GBT every day. Do you? Have you harnessed the power of AI? I use Gemini more than I do. Yeah. I have not, but I read some funny, funny prompts with chat GBT.

And it is alarming. It's just alarming how accurate and how good that it is. You're like, Fairbanks has a five acre Fred Meyer.

yeah and gridge or whatever there's a town that we're forgetting i'm sure there's a june there's like four like that i know in alaska i like would love to go to um alaska brewing company i know that it's an anchorage and that sounds like it'd be badass you go and fly fish and you get off the river or something go to anchorage i don't know but i bet that alaska has more going on than we think or maybe i'm completely wrong and and it doesn't and and that would be beautiful as well

No, it definitely does. It's huge. We have, what was I just going to say? Oh, I would never seek out a brewery on my own, but I enjoy when I'm with Austin because he does everywhere we go. So that will be a lot of fun. But for AI, you should ask it strategies for drop-off. I talked to it about Sowing Down South and my personal social media. Yeah, I use it for my stuff for Hawkeye. Yeah.

We have used it, I mean, certainly. And kind of like I said, it's like alarmingly like, yeah, like insightful. It's alarmingly insightful. I'm like, okay, I think that's exactly what I should do. You know what's really odd?

is how much water. So, okay. So I didn't realize that when we use the internet and like you type a search into Google, it uses electricity and energy that has to go through a server. And that computer has to compute electricity

the search that you just put in and it causes heat. And so AI actually causes a ton of heat, but also at the search engine, like Google databases, they have to cool the computers. And so when you fire off like these chat GBT computations, they require so much water to keep the computer servers cool that it's becoming like a big issue.

And so like server farms and AI servers are all going after these water rights in places. And these towns are freaking out and trying to block them. And I was like, I never knew that when I used Google and searched something that it actually used water. Yeah, those server buildings that they have are wild. Northern Virginia is filled with them. There's a new one coming, Charles. Nick, speaking of Virginia.

You want to hear a fun little Trap Hop update? Yes, I've heard. Oh, really? How did you hear? She reached out to me. I was like, just talk to Austin. Yeah, I've had a meeting with the Richmond distributors today with their whole team.

And trying to make it happen. I've been and it's pretty, it's pretty rad, man. We sent them beer and we had a good talk today. And so chop up might be coming to Richmond, Virginia here fairly soon. And thanks to Nick. And what's her name? Casey. Casey. Oh, Casey has done so much. She wouldn't rest until

uh we found someone to talk to and that is really awesome and um so richmond virginia you have your virginia permit yeah heck yeah yeah congratulations that's awesome yeah let's not put the cart in front of the horse but uh definitely seems that i could be coming to richmond virginia here soon so craig will take me to beautiful alaska and i'll whisk him away to richmond virginia

and yeah 45 minutes north come say hi you'll probably get your beer into the alaskan stores it's owned that that would be really cool like hell yeah man guys it's been great i'm so excited to be back in charleston i really am and austin asked me today to open the pool soon and

It's just going to be great. We got to make a goal to cough. Looking at my calendar, Craig, it's funny that you just said that because I opened up my calendar as soon as you began to say, it feels good to be back in Charleston. And I have things on there, but it's all in Charleston. And it's pretty awesome to see that I'm going to be in Charleston for a little while and

working out and podcasting and using craig's pool and golfing as you just said which we should make a tea time for first available day that it's nice because why not i'm sorry i keep thinking it's broken we gotta record in person sometime soon i'll be in charleston at the end of the month

Charleston Food and Wine Festival this weekend for anyone who wants to come in town or is coming to town should be awesome. And I'll remind you again on Thursday. What's the location? The location is Riverfront Park in North Charleston, Tennessee.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, I have a big old tent with Charleston Bloody Mary mix. And we're going to have a gay old time. My parents are going to come up at some point, see if I can drag Craig out there at some point. It'll be a lot of fun. It'll be lots of fun. The vibes will be high. What's that? Oh, true. True. Love that. I will reach out to them. All right, guys. Well, it has been a pleasure and we'll be right back here.

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