Episode CXXXIII: Boys' Night Out

Forgive the neglect lately, but I'm a) distracted by the chaos that is Skepticon, and b) mildly enfreakened out by the fact that my talk is still not ready for prime time, and I have to give it in a few hours. So now I see that the thread of perpetual growth is getting overlong, despite the fact several of the participants ought to be similarly distracted because they're also here at the meeting (Hello, Mattir & Spawn).

Oh, well. I babble at 7, ending the agony, and then it's some kind of party time all night long.

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