Everybody Matt here for late in sports cards are up in 2023 tops finest baseball hobby eight box full case break number 31 picker team We have a to D Giants Alvin S. Angels white Sox Reds Rockies Dodgers and Marlins Andrew L D-backs Chris FAs Ethan B. Blue Jays Francis C. Metz Jeff M. Orioles Phillies Mariners Cardinals Ray's Joe K. Pirates Joseph S. Guardians Brewers Matthew M. Astros Nicholas S. Red Sox Noah L. Braves Nationals Scott W. Tigers Sean R. Padres Tom C. Yankees Trevor T. Twins What are you Cubs Royals and Rangers? All right, let's do it. How about a super I haven't pulled a super yet. I don't find this this year They used to be numbered higher in the past they changed it though Corbin Carroll rookie design variation at liners Cal Ripken Ladea Vargas Matthew Lieber Tor Rookie Refractor Shohei Otani blue refractor to 150 Cal Raleigh Ezekiel Durand. 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Bladay rookie refractor Tatees morning Cameron how's it going we have one more case of top finest coming up next and then we're gonna select basketball Netson Sixers left on that first one Christopher Morel rookie Oswaldo Cabrera rookie that's Green Speckle 125 Soto headliners there's a link for that first select basketball party Mariano headliners and Nationals rookie Otto Jeter Downs dude how many guys is it how many teams has he played on Reds Dodgers was it Mariners for a while I don't remember I think it no because he was part of the he was part of the movie trades we went Red Sox then TFA did that for awesome with two major league games and then part of the system of two others as a pretty highly regarded prospect with the most part too Gunner he was a good hitter couldn't play defense defense got good then his hitting started to stink Joiminesis rookie sky blue 300 cards oh yeah Jeter Downs is always his Otto's always looked like that Abrams refractor yeah yeah I remember him in bowman draft was it 2017 or so Altuve Shane Bieber Tatees and ooh nice that is Braves rookie design variation that is Black Gold kinsu kroy von grissom grace go Atlanta it's a very good break yeah no a crush in it Vinnie Pasquantino Akunya aqua refractor is why not work for the Braves it's kinsu kroy black gold and I had to look it up kinsu kroy is that art where they put like gold like liquid gold or something in between like pottery and stuff masatake Yoshida I didn't know actually over here I was gonna buy a refractor and I've seen it what we have here it's gonna be two of 20 I think we're gonna have the finest originals buyback oh come on Miguel Tejada finest originals buyback two of 20 for the A's that's an awesome hit for the A's yeah it is we were just talking about these David V there you go David V congrats on the Tejada that's a cheap spot too yep the L's are at the Ries Greenwater that's a great break for them he leads the league in Steves Ries yeah yeah Michael Harris like E5 or something like that more shiny stuff coming Toglia and Mookie Betts world's finest Shohei Otani gold refractor to 50 heck yeah yeah what's up Cameron yeah it's me I'm over here all right we'll mag that Otani for you like Lears, Otani and Sosa, Petalanzo refractor, Nolan Gorman Rookie and Jayrod all right just a minute here we'll do a recap next one is sold out then we'll get into select basketball we have just the Nets and Sixers left in number 25 and number 26 we have Nets Hornets Bulls, Pistons, Grizzlies, Clippers and Knicks and Forrest pushes you to Twitch the Otani yeah I mean that was an awesome car he said Matt lets me talk on YouTube but Forrest pushes me to Twitch so we had a von Grissom Rookie design variation Kinsoncroy Black Gold von Grissom no you'd probably have to pay 37 dollars to list that on eBay with all the extra space you would need yeah right congrats man you crushed it then we had sky blue refractors to 300 Rookie Joey Meneses Christian Yelich Josh Young Rookie Freddy Freeman Riley Green Rookie that's blue aqua vapor to 250 excuse me O'Neal Cruz Calrally purple refractors to 250 Rookie Ezekiel Durand and Calrally and Rookie JJ Bleday Max Scherzer and some also the 250 Rookie Ezekiel Durand aqua refractors to 199 Jordan Alvarez Ronald Acunha Osvaldo Cabrera Rookie aqua shimmer to 175 Rookie Lenion Sosa Rookie Michael Tuglia Shohei Otani blue refractors to 150 Rookie Shay Langoliers and Shohei Otani lots of Otani parallels in this one uh green speckle to 125 Rookie Osvaldo Cabrera and Fernando Tates Jr Rookie Lava to 100 Oswald Paraza Rookies design variation refractor to 99 Mastake Yoshida to 99 we had Wilson Contreras Christopher Morel Rookie and Oswald Paraza Rookie Braves that is a Rookie Rose Gold 75 Michael Harris Dodgers Gold refractor to 50 Freddy Freeman base Otos Nationals Rookie Jeter Downs Rays Rookie Jonathan Aranda Braves Rookie Vaughn Grissom Dodgers Rookie Michael Grove Pirates Rookie Leova Piguero A's Rookie Ken Waldechuk Marlins Rookie Jordan Groeschens Cardinals Rookie Alec Berluson Twins Rookie Simeon Woods Richardson Cubs Rookie design variation Otto Christopher Morel Filthies Finest Moments Otto Ryan Howard Devax Rookie Blue Refractor Otto to 150 Gabriel Moreno A's Rookie Green Refractor Otto to 99 Asturi Ruiz and then Devax Rookie Gold Refractor Otto to 50 Gabriel Moreno and Marlins Rookie Orange Refractor Otto to 25 Jordan Groeschens A's that is a Finest Byback or Finest Originals Byback Miguel Tejada two of 20 Braves Rookie Otto Blue to 150 Michael Harris and Angels World's Finest Gold Refractor 11 of 50 Shohei Otani awesome stuff that'll do it for the break thank you everybody number 32 is up next


The global community commemorates World Cancer Day on February 4th, 2020 with the slogan I am and I will. Cancer can be prevented and controlled by implementing evidence-based strategies for cancer prevention, screening and early detection, treatment and care that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with cancer. The risk factors for cancer and are also the foreshadow risk factors for other non-communicable diseases are tobacco use, unhealthy diet, alcohol use, lack of physical activity including exercise. According to the chief medical officer's report for 2017, the data profile shows cancer as the number one cause of death. This profile also revealed that women lost more years of living than men to cancer. The Department of Health and Wellness joins the I am and I will campaign and encourages everyone to commit to strengthening personal actions that will reduce the impact of cancer. To further highlight the day, the Department of Health and Wellness encourages everyone to actively join in the campaign by wearing a color which represents a cancer that has affected a family member or close friend. Additionally, all are asked to make a commitment to engage in one positive healthy lifestyle activity on World Cancer Day or during the course of the week starting from Tuesday, February 4th, 2020. Example, no added sugar, add 10 minutes to your regular workouts, no tobacco use, drink more water, get recommended 8 hours of sleep. Cancer can affect anyone but can be prevented or its impact reduce if we actively engage in healthy lifestyle activities. For more information, contact the Bureau of Health Education at telephone number 468-5349.


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It takes a little time to get the furnace fired up on a cold morning like this. Well, we're having a keen time up in the kitchen.  I got broiled. Oh, he's coming up yet. Yeah, it's coming, Bertie. Why don't we get an oil furnace, huh? Why don't you got to do us turn it on and bang, it goes. Bang. The oil furnaces cost money, my boy. Besides, what will we do with this one? We could use it for a deep freeze. I'm afraid an oil furnace is a little beyond our means right now. Well, you can promote one. You know, tell the guy you want to try it out. Then we could try it out for three or four years. Oh, my goodness. That isn't honest, Leroy. You're all right, Bertie. What's the honest about it? I give you a free trial. You just don't say how long, Uncle Mort. Leroy, they wouldn't do that. Besides, I wouldn't do such a thing. I'm the water commissioner. The city official. Whatever I do has to be absolutely on the up and up. Yeah, I guess so. That's something for you to remember too, my boy. Never let yourself get mixed up in anything that isn't open and aboveboard. Honesty is the best policy every time. Uncle Mort. Yes, Marjorie. Judge Hooker is here. Be right there. Come on, B-Roy. It's such a cold morning. I thought I'd stop by and drive you downtown in my new car. I have a heater. Well, thank you, Harps. Good morning, Judge. Morning, Marjorie, Leroy. Hi, won't you have some breakfast with us? No, thanks, Marjorie. Oh, brother, you judge on a day like this. How can you operate on K-like water? Maybe he mixes it with Addy Freeze. Very amusing, Leroy. But if you don't mind, I won't eat. I'm not hungry. I'm a little worried. You worried, Judge? I suppose you read of the mayor's plans for a shake-up at City Hall. No, I haven't seen the morning paper. Well, the paper doesn't mention names, Gilly, but I happen to know who the mayor intends to let out. It can't be me. No, but I know who it is. Who, Harps? So don't rush me. Let me tell you how I came by the information. Judge, just tell me who it is. I went to a movie last evening with Miss Matterhorn. She's in the Hall of Records, you know. Yes, Judge. On the way home after we discussed the picture, which, by the way, was excellent, but that's beside the point. Yeah, I'll say it is. Who's being let out? I'm coming to that. Windy old goat. It seems that Miss Matterhorn was lunching at the cafeteria with the mayor's secretary. They lunched together on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Judge, who's getting the axe? Well, make a long story short. Chief of police, Gates. The Chief? Not Chief Gates. Gosh, good old Chief Gates. You can see why I'm worried, Gilly. Our old friend and fellow jolly boy is facing a catastrophe. This is terrible. He's such a gentle, kind man. That seems to be the trouble, my dear. He hasn't made a major arrest all year. He returns a lot of lost dogs. Can't you do something about it? Well, I'm sure if anybody can do something about it, I can. Yeah, I'll say it's solid with the mayor. You bet. If I may say so, Gilly, I don't think the Chief's future should be entrusted to you alone. Oh, why not? I propose we form a committee of influential citizens with me at the head. Yeah, I knew it. Publicity hound. What? Judge, we don't need a committee. We don't need a head. I'll handle it. Good for you, Wonky. I'll talk to the mayor first thing this morning. Well, if you think you can do it, Gelday. Sure. Good. And at the jolly boys meeting this evening, we can tell Chief Gates the glad tidings.  My, it'll be like an early Christmas present for my friend and dear friend. Well, don't worry about a thing. I won't, Gelday. I'm so relieved I could just burst out at the song. Ta-ra-ra-boom-dee-ay. Ta-ra-ra-boom-dee-ay. He's singing old goat. Judge is a well-meaning old fella. There's no use organizing a committee to do what one good man can do. If the mayor gives me any trouble, I'll just diplomatically remind him that I got him reelected.  You Mr. Mayor? Yes, who is it? It's I, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. Oh, come in, Gildersleeve. Thank you. Well, what's on the water commissioner's mind? Well, the water commissioner would like to put on a little pressure. Yeah. Yes, well, we could have used some pressure this morning, Gildersleeve. All I got out of my faucet was a drip. I thought about you. Oh. I wonder what he meant by that. Well, Gildersleeve, what's on your mind? I'm busy reading about myself in the paper. Oh, yes. That's what I want to talk to you about, Mr. Mayor. The grapevine tells me you're going to dismiss police chief Gates. You heard correctly. Now, Mr. Mayor, if I were you, I'd go easy on this shake-up business. Gildersleeve, you're not me. Are you presuming to tell me how to run my office? You don't know. It's certainly not, Mr. Mayor. I'm not aware of the trend. The trend? Since elections, they're talking shake-up throughout the country. It's an extremely popular movement, and my administration isn't going to be behind the times. But getting rid of the chief might not be popular in summer. Why not? He never arrests anybody. That's the chief reason he isn't going to be chief any longer. But, Mr. Mayor, you wouldn't do that to a friend of mine. Oh, wouldn't I? You can't fire me. You don't have a reason. Well, I can find a reason. Oh, yeah, don't forget, old man, that it was I who got you re-elected. Gildersleeve, that's an insult. Get out of my office. You didn't elect me.  That was no bandwagon. That was a dump truck. Doesn't pay to be diplomatic with the mayor.  I didn't come to the meeting tonight.  Hi, Commissioner Powell. Hello, Floyd. We've been waiting for you, Gilder. Have you judged? Hello, Pee-Vee. Hello, Mr. Gildersleeve. Gilder, the chief was so downcast, I had to tell him what you're doing for it. Oh, sure. Hello, Mr. Gildersleeve. I knew everything was going to be all right when they told me you were interceding with the mayor. Well, she's a great guy. Any Pee-Vee. We're all proud of you, Gilder. I have a little statement to make. Now, Commissioner, why don't we just sing a song and let it go with that? But... No, no, no, Pee-Vee. How about when good fellows get together? That's the idea. Something would set them up. No, wait a minute, Floyd. Good fellows. I'd like to sing, then. Okay, here we go. We need you. Oh, well. What the heck? I was singing that from the heart and looking right at the water, Commissioner. You well. As I started to say, when you fellas insisted on singing. Yeah, yeah, the commissioner had a speech to make.  You did? She wants to bake you a cake. Commissioner. Bless her heart. Bless you, too, Gilday. Oh, my goodness. Look, fellas, I didn't save the chief. You didn't? That's what I've been trying to tell you. What happened, Gilday? Well, I went to bat for the chief, but the mayor wouldn't hear of it. He even threatened to fire me. Sorry, chief. That's all right, Commissioner. I know you did your best. I think I'll go home. I'll drive you home, chief. I should get home early anyway. Mrs. Beebe has the sniffles. Good night, fellas. Good night. Poor guy. Fellows, I couldn't help it. Do you know I do anything for the chief? Anything. And I try. What did the mayor say? Well, he says the chief never does anything. He never arrests anybody. True. Yeah, he's a good guy. He is true blue. But the mayor wants some action. Too bad there ain't somebody the chief can arrest. This town can't even support a good burglar. Yeah, that's right. Nothing's happened here since Rolly Jones broke into the jail. Oh, Rolly has very fond of the chief and the jail. Hey, I got a flash, fellas. If the mayor wants action, why don't we get Rolly Jones to pull a job and let the chief arrest him? No, just a minute, Floyd. Partially disapprove, Floyd, and I'm sure the chief would, too. Ah, the chief will know nothing about it. We'd only do it to save his job. Well, you can count me out. You said you'd do anything to help the chief. Well... What about poor Rolly Jones? He'll love it. We're doing the nice, warm jail, playing peanut with the chief. Well, I don't like it. I guess I'm stuck. He don't have to steal anything. Just get caught breaking in someplace. What did he break into, the water department? Nothing to it. What about your law office, Jones? No, no, indeed. Don't count me a part of this. Floyd, what about your barber shop? Uh-uh. Let's pick on somebody who ain't here. Well... Phoebe isn't here. No, he isn't, is he? His drug store is just the spot. You bet. He...  Great Gilderslee will be back in just a moment. If you mothers have a hard time getting your family to eat their vegetables, let Velvita, Kraft's delicious pasteurized processed cheese food, help solve that problem. How? By melting it for the smoothest golden cheese sauce you ever enjoyed. Then pour it over those important vegetables. Velvita sauce is so easy to make. Just melt a half pound of Velvita in the top of your double boiler. 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Last night at the Jolly Boys meeting, the great man promised to do anything to help Chief Gates keep his job, and Floyd Munson is holding him to his word. Right now, the water commissioner is on his way to the drugstore with a little surprise for Mr. Peavey. Yeah, I wonder if this isn't going a little too far. Well, if the Chief doesn't make an arrest soon, the mayor will fire him. Hey, George, you can't blame a guy for going to bat for a friend. In Peavey, you'll be glad to help. All he has to do is let Rolly Jones break into his store. Oh, Mr. Jones, will you? What can I do for you this morning? Peavey, I've got news for you. Yep, last night after you left, Floyd thought of a sure-fire plan to save the Chief's job. Yeah, sure. He's a very confidential peep, but I think you should be enough. Yeah, well... Now, it stands to reason the mayor won't fire Chief Gates. He makes a spectacular arrest, doesn't it? Well, yes. The Chief doesn't know it yet, but he's going to catch old Rolly Jones breaking into his store. This is Floyd's idea, you say? Yep. I didn't think it was Rolly. Oh, yeah. Shrewd plan, eh, Peavey? Yes, very amusing. Whose store are they breaking into? Yours. Oh, yeah.  We'll take care of everything else. That's what I'm afraid of. Oh, my goodness. We agree that something has to be done for the Chief, don't we? Yes, but can't we do it someplace else? Peavey, Rolly won't steal anything. You know that with Floyd and me there, you've got nothing to worry about. No, no, I wouldn't say that. Yes. These overshoes will come in handy on a night like this.  Yeah, where's my stocking cap? Well, Floyd's right on time. Come in out of the coal farm. Did you fix things up with the Peave? Yeah, he's leaving the window open. What about Rolly? He's delighted. We're picking him up at the pool hall. Great. I had a little trouble getting out tonight, Commissioner. Oh? Yeah, my wife wanted to know what I was up to. That's where I've got it on you married men, Floyd. I come and go as I please. There's nobody to ask a lot of embarrassing questions. Yeah. Did I hear the doorbell, Anki? Hi, Marjorie. Anki, are you going out on a night like this? Well, Marjorie. Hey, what's going on? Hi, Mr. Monson. Hi, kid. Where are you going, Anki? Leroy, this doesn't concern you. Who does it concern? Leroy, this isn't your business. Whose business is it? No questions, Commissioner. All right, Floyd. It's awfully cold out, Anki. You have to go. No, I'll see here. Mr. Monson and I have an appointment downtown. It's a purely personal affair. Is that understood, Leroy? Sure. Marjorie? Of course, Anki. Good, and there'll be no more questions about it. Excuse me, why are you going? Oh, my goodness. Make a break for the car, Floyd. Watch where you're going, Floyd. Relax, Commissioner. I'm following that truck. Are you a local driver? Yes, they are. Not crowding you, are we, Rolly? Three of us in the front seat? No, I'm very comfortable, I guess. You hope we're not putting you out tonight? No, you might say you're putting me in. Very good, Rolly, very good. Yeah, it won't be long until you be in that nice, warm jail playing pinocchio with the Chief. I'm looking forward to it. I always like to be in jail by Christmas. Do you do? The Chief always serves stuffed goose, pineapple, potatoes, and plum pudding. Very kind man, the Chief. Your life's the way we feel about it. You said it. I tried to get in for Thanksgiving turkey, but he wouldn't arrest me. Ah, that's the Chief. Well, I guess I'd better park the car in the alley. Yes, Floyd, hide it between the buildings. Floyd. Okay, okay. I hope this snowstorm doesn't last too long. I feel kind of sorry for you gents on the outside. Yeah, snow's deep all right. Dark too. Now, how do we handle this? Commiss. Yes, Floyd? Why don't you boost Rolly in the window while I go phone the Chief that somebody's breaking in? Yeah, all right. Wait a minute, why don't you boost Rolly in and I'll do the phone? You're taller than I am. Besides, I already got my nickel out. All right, you come on, Rolly. The window's around this corner. Stay in the shadow, Commissioner. We don't want anybody to see us too soon. Good idea. Stay close behind me. I'm practically in your hip pocket. Watch it. Yeah, I don't know why. I'm a little nervous. If the mayor ever caught me doing a thing like this, he really would fire me. Well, come on, come on. Let's break in, Commissioner. It's getting cold out here. Yeah, well, I'll try the window. Here, here's my foot. Give me a boost, Doc. You all right? Yeah. You all right, Rolly? Fine. Say, the coffee pot's still hot and I had your cup with me. No, thanks, Rolly. Dark. Can't see a thing. Yeah, I'll sneak back. Hi, Commissioner. Don't do that. Did you get him in all right? The chief's on his way down. Yeah, that must be his car now. Well, he couldn't make it this fast. Well, then, who is it? Oh, I'm getting out of here. You're flying away. He's shining his spotlight on me. Who's there? Uh-oh, it's the mayor.  Hello, Mr. Mayor. I was out checking up. I thought I saw somebody sneaking into this alley. Yeah, well, I was just taking a little walk. Uh, taking a walk. Who opened this window? Gilda Sleeve, you were breaking into Peavey's store. Yeah, Mr. Mayor, it isn't me. Somebody else broke it. Oh, and you're the lookout. Yeah, you know. Well, I'm a witness. There's a man in there. I pushed him. I mean, I saw him go in. Gilda Sleeve. Oh, Mr. Mayor, you know I'm not a problem. Yes, but it would look awfully good in tomorrow's paper. Oh, brother. Well, I'll prove there's somebody in there. Bye, George, I'll go in and get him. All right, go ahead, Gilda Sleeve. Go and get him. I dare you. All right, I will. I'll stay right here. Lloyd would run away, that coward. I wish I'd run too. Well, Gilda Sleeve, where's your parlor? I'm looking for it. He was getting a cup of coffee a moment ago. What's that, Gilda Sleeve? Never mind, you wouldn't understand. Oh, darn coke cases. Yeah, I mean, Rowley? Rowley? Why doesn't he answer? Who? Say, the front door is closed. No. No, it's open there and he's gone. My goodness, he's gone. Oh, my goose is cooked. Well, I may go out as well. Go out in PB's front door and go round to the alley. Oh, how would I ever explain this to the mayor? Who were that darn Rowley Goten?  The man knows I'm honest, but he'll ruin me for this. Is that you, Mr. Gilda Sleeve? Chief! Gilda Sleeve, explain this to Chief Gates. Commissioner, I got an anonymous phone call. It's somebody was breaking into the drugstore. You, you dead? And who do I find climbing in an open window, but he's honored. The mayor. Gilda Sleeve, explain to this child ahead. I was coming in after you. Tell him. Me? Gilda Sleeve! This will look pretty good in the papers tomorrow. Imagine, our mayor, a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Of course, he couldn't be that. When this is over, you won't have any Hyde.  What did you say, Chief? I can't believe you do anything dishonest. Why, of course not. I'm sure you had a good reason for climbing in that window. You're an honorable man. Well, maybe you're right, Chief. Isn't he a fine fellow, Mr. Mayor?  As long as I'm mayor of some appeal, you will be the chief of police. Isn't that nice? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. You'll always be my friend. And you, too.  I'm getting an icicle on my nose. The Great Gilded Sleeve will be right back. When you shop for food for your family, I know you want to be sure you're getting the best. That's why when it comes to a cheese food, always be sure to get Velvita, Kraft's delicious pasteurized processed cheese food. For you can depend on Velvita, not only to taste good, but to be really good for your family, too. 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Arrest me, Chief. Rolly, I've explained. I can't do it. I broke into PB's drugstore. Oh, then it was you. Sure. The car stopped in front, and it wasn't yours, so I ran. But I was in there. Are you sure? I promise. Wasn't I commissioner? Well, now you mention it. I recognize him, Chief. Come on in, Rolly. Oh, thanks, Chief. Put the coffee pot on. You know where it is. Yes, sir. Yeah, he's nice. The Chief won't be loathing me anymore. Good night, folks. The Great Gilded Sleeve is played by Willard Waterman. The show is written by Paul West, John Elliott, and Andy White. This is my Robert Armistice. He's living in the cast of Walter Ketley, Mary Lee Robb, Lillian Randolph, Ken Christie, Stanley Farrar, Porter Hall, Arthur Q. Bryant, Earl Rods, and Dick Legrand. This is John Heaston saying good night for the craft foods company, makers of the famous line of craft quality food products. 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All right, we are live. Welcome. Welcome to our chat about Empire of the Vampire I sell this yet. I know for real No, I feel like Your deep smoky voice right now Alex you should be the one to say Empire of the Vampire Empire of the Vampire Wait, why is yours red? I don't know Why is yours black? Is this is just the regular is yours a special edition? There are like five different editions of this book. I have there were like five different editions of the arc of this book No, I I don't actually know I mean, I got it from Barnes and Noble so maybe it was a that it's like a special edition That might have like had a sticker on it that got taken off Probably Yeah, I do brilliant though Gotta say I'm brand So for those of you that don't know we both love this book so much. We couldn't wait to talk about it All right, hello, yes Yeah, we we we don't um We can't contain our excitement This book. Hello. Hello Yes, got me.  A witch's hat. You really didn't finish reading this book, Alex. This is not a witchy book.   I'll just photoshop I'll go back after we finish the live and I'll download the footage and they'll just photoshop in some black lips to Hover around your face like uh, please instagram filters go to those extreme lengths to do that True than advertising I do like that you asked my permission to put that thumbnail up though. Like I was going to be mad. I was like no I don't I mean, I feel like the type of um Okay, we're just going to talk about this book, right? So like I feel like there's some fragile masculinity at play And I feel like that kind of fragile masculinity would be like you made me look not masculine in this thumbnail therefore This is unacceptable. I mean we are talking about a really really manly book so Can't can't be embarrassing Tell us your new favorite book outlets It's I know why you DNF'd it. It's because you were like I want to savor it. I don't want to rush through this so So when I read petrich review of this where he Literally said he hate read the first 400 pages And then the second half of the book was a five out of five Which my brain just can't comprehend I actually loved the first 300 pages so much that I was like this book's perfect I don't need to read another 439 pages of this because it's great It's just perfect the way it is you don't want to mess with a good thing Exactly It's like when you have a good meal and you don't want to order dessert because like the flavor in your mouth is so Good, you just like don't want to mess it up I usually get halfway through dinner and I just throw it away because I'm like, why would I finish this meal? Like it was perfect. I mean if it's a good meal If it's a bad meal you finish it, but if it's a good one you stop halfway and then throw it away If it's great, you get to 40% and then you say, you know what? I'm good I don't need yes. Yes. I DNF'd it this book sucks ass Okay, this is one of the worst books I've ever read But I am excited to tell you about things that you didn't get to experience Cool, but I can't talk about stuff that I did experience I was like it doesn't make up for the fact that I had to experience it in order to tell you about All of it was was awful. It was the worst I don't understand how people like this book because it's written As if Jay Kristoff was an angsty 15 year old Trying to be cool insulting to angsty 15 year old It probably is but jesus christ man because like I don't know if you've seen gen z out here. They're pretty mature I think I mean they would take umbridge All I gotta say is I question every single author that gave I know author reviews don't mean anything But every author I respect the gift is five out of five Robin hobb John drawing freaking John Gwyn V each wobble. I'm like this is not Okay, oh get into the spirit.  Randomly a mafamee Oh my Mafameel gotta hated that so much.  Um, you know what?  I mean basically if we want to talk about anything that happens in this book at all and not just be like Then yeah, right instantly demonetized. I mean Jesus. There was like 400 fucks in this book It it literally was one of those things where and I don't know if the second half He tones down on this or not Um, whatever you're about to say It was just like There's so much emphasis on instead of just writing Good good words good sentences.  It wasn't it As fun as the rest honestly, it's just like Like I just I don't understand like why This is supposed to be set in France, right? Like the entire point is that they're all French But it's like he doesn't know French Or I mean, it's generally a pet peeve like of mine. Um, like in any book or Movies to I guess like when something is supposedly taking place, you know in Germany or in France or whatever And so then like everyone's speaking in English. So then like I understand it or I interpret it as like Basically, this is like real time translated. Like we're supposed to assume they are speaking French right now But we are hearing it in English because but if they also start using French words and I'm like We are they not speaking French this whole time It's so dumb and I feel like it was J. Crestoff being like this is gonna be pretty cool Good lord. Okay. So the review first of all, yes 100% It's not for kids, but it's also only for kids because what It like self-respecting adult reads this shit and was like, this is really great writing I really love let me let me pull up one of the the best lines of the book Um, his well, this is like zero percent in this is great This is super moving stuff.  I didn't realize that it was with the exact same words Love it.   It's definitely something that all women say especially children women Yeah, um, especially in a in an epic fantasy Surrounding vampires and silver saints and definitely not the catholic church um I just Who is this for like I don't It's for j christoff I I don't understand but okay You may have heard someone in the chat said they've heard calm your tits. Yeah, people say that as a joke to but If I was reading wheel of time And moraine was having a fit with ran. He was just like calm your tits. Okay. I'd be like what? No, which but like in fairness calm your tits is actually an expression but get off my tits about this That's just not a thing in any time period in any year It's just not a thing But even if it was Why is it in here in this book? Why are yo mama jokes in this book? Like And then people praise his pros His his purple pros. Well, it's so beautiful Truth be told. Oh my god. The pros is actually in truth Uh, one of my favorite things if I were to speak truth is reading in truth How fucking beautifully Truth be told this pros really was Can't forget the truth And I checked with motha me and we they concur If truth. Oh, yes back to that. So it's like They're supposed to be french Just they're french, but the books in english so we can read it like that's fine You don't have to do and like if the proper nouns for things all have a french vibe You know like the names of people the names of places all sound french like that can be french But like what you're saying i'm assuming what you're saying is in french And i'm hearing it in english because I don't understand french Yeah I'd be like me just walk around saying gracias to everybody just but that's like the only spanish word I use Like that's it. Please do Like just please and thank you in spanish. That's all No reason for your family. Oh, yeah me familiar. There you go Just gotta throw that one around I wish that your last name was an animal so that we could also make lots and lots and lots Of references I mean, it does loosely translate to snow because the eva is snow. So What if I just talk about snow all the time? Yes, I can tell you how frosty you're being about things after all I can call you cold blood Sick We've come full circle I may not do it right away though patients cold blood. Oh my god So let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's talk about so apparently get off my tits is a thing in australia and new zealand Um, but to which I just got to say sir. I thought this book was supposed to be french in town not In the outback of france So to everyone that tells me as as much as they like to say it this is a very aussie book I don't know what that means Australian and if very aussie translates to dog shit, sure Uh, this book is terrible Well, and then we also got him Using words like ken You know, like I can look at that happen. Why?   Oh my god. This is so edgy. Oh super edgy super edgy Okay, so yeah the plot she was good with that Well, okay, so like It's very hard to actually watch to like offer like literary criticism of this book because mostly i'm just like It's so stupid and garbage, but like nope as a as a book um, I I'm very very very irritated by the um, I don't know the narrative device of like how it's being told um So like there's lots of books where a character is telling their own story like totally But usually those books like because it's a bit of a stretch Usually that a character would be telling them their story in a novel basically. Yeah, and so usually in those circumstances Um, we don't really cut back very often if at all to a point where the character is telling that story We're just kind of like i'm going to tell my story and then it begins and you're just like I guess they're out loud saying all this but like Or like son eater even where it's like he starts out by saying like i'm telling my story now And then at the very end of the book he's like and even then like son eater Like it seems like he's writing his own story So in which case like if i'm sitting down to write my memoir sure it's going to sound novely Or like in the case of name of the wind like which is what christoph comped this to I mean kvothe is like i'm a storyteller sit down and write this down I'm going to narrate to you and i'm going to do it my way and i'm going to guild the lily and And whatever and even then the book happens like he like in the present day It's like a third person narrator that's saying this is going on and then Most of book happens where it's just like i'm telling my own story It's in first person, but it's just book happening and then we have a different chapter where it's an interlude Where we cut back to the present and it's third person again And then we go back into the story, but it's not like ongoing and it's just so Unbelievable to me that this character who is under duress Being forced to tell his own story and it's like i'm going to tell it my way in the most lurid detail And he's going to jump around in the timeline to so that he can surprise his audience Who he hates and does not want to be telling his because this is my favorite thing to tell you is that he Has a surprise which i definitely guessed immediately what that would be quite the shesman Towards the end of the story. There's like a weak cut. That's why we jump around in the timeline And and then it's you know, it said his wife and child are dead. Sorry spoilers So he's acting like they're at home this whole time and he keeps saying they're at home this whole time And he keeps seeing visions of them and then like the girls like i figured it out They are at home because that's where you buried them and done done done because they like jumped over that and i was like What person under duress who does not want to be telling their own story would be telling their story where like Everything that i felt sexually while i was being multiple times pleasured by multiple different women and all of the blood And all of the feelings and then like i have to withhold information.   We needed to know We needed to know That's what i forget who it was. I watched a review So to say like the scene immediately after that keep in mind. He just left doing this. So he's covered And then kiss his mom on the face it's like Okay This is what we're doing I guess it's a b a movie that revels in a schlock but But also i don't think christoph knows that that's what i was gonna say Do you know exactly what they are and i'm not sure this book does because it also really tries to be cool and like Fancy and sophisticated and with the whole like my wife and child who are the only thing i've ever loved in this world and they are dead It's like I mean sure i'll take your word for it. Maybe he knows But even then B movies don't tend to be so homophobic and misogynistic There's also that is lots and lots of fun so fun Leanna how many female characters get treated well in this book? Well, the mom got kissed on the face with blood but other than that. Oh, but I think Are we to understand She and she was consenting when she conceived our main character. I'm not sure So I guess his mom Because she had sex with a vampire Yeah, what happened to all the other female characters in the book though, they did not have a great time Unless they were into each other in which case they had a good time and we got to have a good time seeing them have a good time That's one does yes De Leon is weaker than the other half bams But then it makes him into a special snowflake.    Yeah I don't know there's every time I like I I don't think I've ever eye rolled as much Reading a book as I have at this I mean like so many paragraphs and I was just like if we are meant to think that this is complete schlock like a b-movie I mean it the new york uh james brawlins The big huge blurb on the back says j christoff latest dark fantasy empire of the vampire Is a gothic blood bath that will leave any reader including this one breathless The story is a vast apocalyptic canvas reminiscent of justin cronin's the passage even steven king's the stand Yet christoff's work stands on its own ruthless merit as the opening gambit of a richer tale yet to unfold I can't wait to return again to this rich lush and bloody world until then read this book now so that's the thing that was like if you listen to like um I guess like five star reviews of this book. They're not talking about how like Over the top and wink wink it was They're talking about how legitimately This is just one of the best dark fantasy novels that they've read Which I can't take it seriously because I don't feel like it's trying to be that I feel like he's trying to be cool and edgy Like if you're telling me to interpret this the way that I interpret rings of power to actually intentionally be a comedy In which case I could enjoy it because like oh you meant this to be dumb Then okay, but i'm pretty sure amazon and just uh j christoff. I don't think either of them realize that they have written comedy But it's also it's like if you I get it like it's vampires. So there's always a level of schlock that comes with vampires because people can't help themselves But it's like campiness yeah, but like if you take something like true blood or vampire diaries or Buffy like buffy is meant to be kind of like dumb and schlocky but like true blood to its I guess credit is meant to be more adult and like Serious, but even then it's like they can't help themselves sometimes I feel like that might just be a problem for any vampires And he just took it to like the next level of like I I can't help myself And i'm gonna do this every single paragraph to the point where it's just nonsense Which also it just makes it monotonous. I'm just like If you have like a scene that's like an insane bloodbath Um, it's like, okay. So the boys, you know like on amazon the show Like it's I don't it's a pretty dark show and it's pretty serious But it also is like taking the piss and being kind of funny and a lot of the gory scenes Because some of them are serious Yeah, some of them are serious and some of them are like really absurd gory scenes But they are also genuinely gory and also they are not all the time So like every so often there's an episode where there's this like insane like Orgy of violence and it's like or a little holy shit But it's not all the time and most of the time It's pretty low-key and it kind of earns its moments and like butcher going around saying fuck all the time Like isn't doesn't feel like oh look how edgy butcher is being because he keeps saying fuck Well, that's the thing is like imagine if first law was told where every character in their internal monologue Or when they were having a conversation Was just saying fuck all the time Like it would just be annoying like why Well, also every single character's sense of humor was the exact same Like there wasn't like different characters with different personality types interacting in comedic ways Like the type of snark that we got from the kid that he's with that's his own series Is like the same humor that gabriel has which is the same humor that the vampires have which is the same humor that everyone Everyone is either like an evil villain that speaks in shakespeare-ish Phrases or they have the same humor that gabriel does Yeah, so I understand that buffy was comedy horror in action, but that was kind of my point is like it knew what it was Everyone talks about this book that likes this book as if it's some like great epic fantasy novel They don't talk about it being over the top hilarious that like it's all wink wink nudge nudge Like a b-movie because no one talks about it like that. They say that. Oh my god This is actually a really cool adult like no, it's not This book is not it's not for children, but also it definitely is written for 14 year olds Because I don't understand how you think this is cool I also don't understand at what point I was supposed to feel hooked by this plot Like okay, I know any situation where a character's telling their own story, you know, they survive They're telling their own story fine, whatever, but like So he's just like rambling about his like sexual exploits and and violence and whatever I'm just like what is the plot like what what is this hook that I'm supposed to be like?  That's what this book should be called So urza said how old are the characters? So gabriel is like in his 30s when he's telling his story Right, and then he goes back to like when he's 15 and then he's like 32 and then he's like 17 and then Because he's constantly jumping back and forth but like despite the fact that he doesn't want to be telling this story He wants to tell it in a way that includes some surprises for his audience of one. Yeah I mean sure if see it so okay people are saying that like It's dumb fun and somebody just said that's why they also read sarah j mass like I hate that shit Which is why I hated this and I literally asked me and I was like I don't know if this is unfair to sarah j mass, but like is this just sarah j mass for dudes Because that's what it feels like And I I guess that's partially what it is so sarah j mass for dudes But then there are people that reads sarah j mass There's some people that read sarah j mass and go that's a bit of fun And there's some people that read sarah j mass and say her world building is some of the best that I've ever seen And her characters the character work is just amazing and I'm just like No, you have joshanna who's like no, I'm here for the fairy sex like I'm not taking this seriously Which I'm like fair. Yeah but um like okay, so Help me because I'm 32 if I was retelling my life to someone. I'm quite positive That I would not go into great detail of what happened when I was 15 sexual That's because you're not in jail and someone's not making you tell your story like that's weird. Isn't it?      You're telling this to your tail? That's weird Let me sorry. I I misrepresented the scene Let me read what actually happened um prior to his climax Because this is a long paragraph, so I'm gonna skip a little bit. Okay As long as you don't skip any of the french I don't know if he actually uses french in this paragraph to be fair but So this is when I was like, this is just sarah jame asked for dudes because when he's when he's writing this He's talking about her kisses descended and she hissed in pleasure pain at the sizzling touch of silver ink to her mouth But there were no tattoos below my belt. No ages to bar the way to her prize And there at last she sank Signing as she reached into my britches and set me free Hicking at hot and cool of her hand Continuing down she's stroking him things are happening. No imagine saying those words about yourself to your jail interview To the person who has you in jail Anyway, she dragged me even higher into a starless burning heaven And all I knew was the feel of her the sound of her the hungry moans and silken flickers pulling me ever closer to my Brink and at last as I fell somewhere between the size and the blinding light Of the flood of my little death into her waiting mouth.  I felt it the stab of twin razors Slice of agony amid the bliss.  I mean as your jailer, I would like you to continue I don't get it But also, okay, so if this is like kindle and limits muddy that's what i'm saying though Do the authors of kindle unlimited smut? Throw a hissy fit because their book did not make good raid's choice awards for the air.  I don't care. It's not for me clearly, but like That's what it is So miss me with all this like all this is great epic fantasy. Like it's literally vampire smut Like that's which is fine if that's what you want to read Cool, but like don't try to pretend that it's not that because they were 100% is also like In my experience well other than sarah j mass, which is why sarah j mass is probably the apt comparison Smutty books tend to be quite short because it's like we're not here for plot. We're here for smut So it's just like here's the character. Here's the character Here's the situation where we need them to be to bang and now we'll be doing the banging for the next 100 pages This book is 740 pages long. Yeah, so like sarah j mass is also that overwritten for a book that's mainly there for the smut That's fine though, dairy you can But don't try to sell this as some big epic fantasy. Like that's not This is edgy edgy vampire smut plus it has art in it. Like it's illustrated Like cool color illustrations with like multiple special editions. There were multiple arc editions Like this was like a big fantasy release for the year. Yeah I don't know We haven't talked about the homophobia though, which is also so much fun. Are we gonna talk about our boy talon? Our boy Someone's boy. I don't know the catholic church's boy Talon the it's absolutely crucial to the world building of this Epic story to include the word sodomy several times and that it is a sin Can't have the book without that can't Have this fun rompy smut filled vampire times without Sotomy is a sin. Are we having fun?  So like Is actually god all powerful. I think he might be a prick Aha that philosophy Next level that's some That's some psychology for another oh you missed it because it's later on in the book So you know how it's all basically the catholic church obviously and so instead of no like it just is No, but it's not um the virgin mother.  It's first miss instead of christmas Um, and then so, you know, they have the sign of the wheel instead of the sign of the cross Yeah Well, we have some more deep thinking philosophy when he's like I always thought it odd that they would make the the church would make a symbol Or their symbol the instrument of their savior's torment. Why would they make the wheel their symbol? Rather, they should have celebrated something good of that. He did it his life instead of make I'm like so deep So deep no one has thought these things before so Yeah Oh All right, richard. This isn't twitter. Okay.  I'm just kicking them out. Anyway as uh Yeah, so Tell me about some stuff that I didn't get to In the second half of the book that apparently is a five out of five. I only read the shitty part of the book I told you we already got like the crappy Vampire like we got the like hot topic brand version of gerald and siri which um great so great so no, I'm really eager to know because I I only read the bad part of the book. I did not get to the pinnacle of the book which was the next I mean, okay, so it's not a plot, right? Okay, so I don't know the series of events that you missed out on if I can remember Because it's it's a lot.  I just kind of was like, mm-hmm skimming skimming skimming um Okay, so things that We found out we found out that they think that the the holy grail Is this kid? Yeah It's a living person. That's the holy grail and then like the big mission, right?  I wonder if you can possibly guess What the name of the kid is? Um patience. It's patience. Oh my god. That's why he says patience so much patience cold blood So anyway, um, so now he's guarding in the latter half of the book He's like gerald in theory like he's like charged with guarding this like human Holy grail And more shenanigans and then they end up reuniting with the like chicks that were like we have to do this ritual to bring back the daylight with the human The holy grail And then he finds out that the ritual Actually requires them to kill her and he's like I don't care about your god And I don't care about we'll find a different way to bring back the day We're not killing her and like she figures out that his wife and child are not actually Home waiting for him. They are dead and that's why it's so important to him to Save her and she's like I can't be that to you. I can't be the daughter that you lost um, and he's like You know, whatever I love you for yourself and blah, blah, blah, blah, and it's so charming and and heartwarming and and yeah Oh, yeah, and the present day he tries to break out of jail again and fails at that and And yeah, and then we have the exact lines that you read about the skies being the color of red of her lips Blah-blah, but yeah, we end with that because we came full circle. Hell, yeah That's exactly how I needed the ending to be I really angle that that line in particular. I was like this better come back Because it was just so Epic. Yeah. I mean that was worth all of the 800 tower. How many is it? How many pages is it? I think it's 739 is what Goodread said Is that accurate? Yeah, I think so. Well, this well, this is 734 Oh look, there's his fami Oh my family. Oh my goodness. We mercy Did we hit them all that was that was all three words that he used right? Oh, okay, the very very end patience. He whispered the end Chills Yeah, so here we go. Yeah, but what you just read Um, he looked down at his hands hand that had hands that had slain things monstrous Hands that had saved an empire Hands that had allowed the last hope for his species to slip and shatter like glass upon the stone The sky above was darkest sin the horizon read as his lady's lips the last time he kissed her He ran one thumb across his fingers the letters inked below his knuckles patience.  It's I mean, it's a thing in the book Sure, but it's just it's just pictures um I like The main character I just have a real big thing for lions. So yeah, I'm a real sucker for that I really don't know like I don't I just so why don't you tell us what made you decide, you know what I'm not going to finish this book Even though I'm going to chat about it Why was it at that because you it's not like it was worse Like it's not like it was like fine fine fine and then around 300 pages It gets like it was really off the rails and it's like super bad. So like Why was that? So here's the thing by like chapter seven.  I'm finishing this book And the more I talked about it and people were like Yeah, somebody somebody my discord was like, oh my god, I need to know like how are you liking it? And I started talking about it and then I just like sunk into a pit of despair and was like Just reiterating everything I was reading to the point where I was like, you know what? I actually Hate this more than I thought and then I read some more of it and I was like, nope not getting any better And then I got to what 300 or so pages. How how many chapters is that? Anyway, as I find this Well, because it's also not just chapters like it's the different parts. Yeah, whatever That's the book's this dude talking. There are parts.   I mean like I was like a lot of the jokes and a lot of the scenes They felt like the same and like there's I Legitimately I thought that my audiobook had like skipped like a vinyl record because there was this line about A sin shared being Twice I don't know something about that like a sin And sharing it and it's it's obviously talking about sex and like that. He says that line and then like a little bit while later He says the exact same line again, and I'm like, yes, I get it.    I'm like, oh my god But if dairy is saying that she enjoys this book because she regards it as like campy Nonsense and is like enjoying it on that level that I'm not as terrified of the person expressing love for this book Like I don't quite see how you get that out of it And I don't fully buy that jacquero stop intends it to be read that way But if that's how you're reading it and that's how you're enjoying it, then I like I I guess I guess but like for people out here who are like empire of the vampire Is the most epic most amazing most engrossing most deep thinking Bloody brilliant work of epic fantasy and there are many many people the majority five stars are saying that like No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no I said, yeah, like I Too American. Yeah, probably it just it didn't None of it was funny to me Like none of the jokes are funny. None of the dialogue was witty It all felt childish to the point.  And if it's gonna be a real Aussie Story, why not just set this why not do your world building and make this like an australian vampire like Because you know what that would be pretty unique We've seen french vampires done much much much much better. So like just do australian vampires and like go for it Yeah, I don't know. I don't get it Yeah, I will say other than a few people saying it's super Aussie like just go with it Everyone else is straight up praising this as if it was just like The pinnacle of fantasy when this came out and I don't I don't get that and still are Aussies were better than that. It was too edgy and not inventive I mean like okay speaking um as an expert being having never stepped foot in australia, and I think I've met an australian once um being the expert that I have my impression of australian humor and of australians and That is that it's quite chill and kind of laid back And this is the opposite of that in every way. This is not chill. This is not laid back This is like I have feelings and emotions and blood and sex and that Yeah, like just just quickly doing a quick scroll through good reads People are just even somebody to get almost gave it five stars at a bit too edgy and angsty To be an absolute favorite, but I loved the story and character so much I can't read it any lower and like that's how so many of these are of like Everyone's just praising how beautifully written it is and how epic it is And how fantastic it is and how well written it is And I don't understand I just don't so Mara wants to know would either of us ever read anything by j crestoff again no Because I tried to read never night Years ago and never night is better than this and oh my god. I was like I Never want to read this Like I I sampled never night. I heard a lot about it and I was like, yeah I'm good. Don't need to read that never night had a plot So at least and it seemed like it was going to and then it totally didn't and then I was like, oh you fooled me once shame on you I don't know why I'm reading a part of the vampire shame on me I mean, I would say I the only j crestoff book that I would read is if I were to reread illuminate, which is the the yaa Yeah space Evil ai mix media thing you co-wrote really weird, isn't it like literally on the pages, isn't it Like it's mixed media. So it's like you see like reports diagnostics. You see like Messages between crew members like it's a really interesting format and it's just it's that it's no like weird edgy sex stuff It's like a yaa book that he co-wrote with somebody. It's like a fun space adventure with a cool like Format concept. So like I would reread that But I would not read a new book by j crestoff unless it was like another illuminate book I mean for me, it's like because I watched Most of like his review or not his review his review was dog shit his interview with mike like when that happened and I was Kind of baffled at like how normal he is and then uh I've met him twice Which obviously like doesn't directly translate to books like brian lee derpy is a goofball on his channel But I love his writing. It's you would never expect it. So like I get that it's totally different I genuinely don't believe that j crestoff writing will ever work for me because it's probably more of this And I see a lot of like I love never night and this topped it and I hated The tiny bit that I read of never night and I hated The 300 pages that I read of this and none of it ever worked for me.  It's like Also, it's just so like never night like I also I mean I totally get why people didn't like it like like from go and like now You know having experienced more of j crestoff than like things that I was more willing to overlook or be like Oh, we'll just kind of go with it now. I'm like, yeah Actually, I've seen that this actually is I was giving it the benefit of the doubt on a lot of things yeah, and like It had a plot or seemed to have a plot It had a much more interesting kind of like narrative hook to be like I want to see what the answer to some of this is like I want to see where this goes Yeah, the footnotes thing while annoying for like a lot of readers It was like the way that he did insert a lot of humor where like instead of having your main characters say Like column your tits like you had like a kind of sass in the footnotes as like commentary on what's going on currently So I was like that's interesting format. That's a dynamic reading experience It seemed like world building was going on there and it seemed because I didn't know that well It seemed like he thought this through a lot because it seemed like there was a lot of world building in the footnotes like stories about the the lore like behind all these objects and all of these places and I was like I feel like there's a lot to this and like some of it's like very overwritten and like I was like It's a stylistic choice. Like it feels intentionally overwritten So I was like, okay, okay, I'll go with this and then it was clear and dark dawn that like he had no plan for this And it just became lots of like girl on girl, which I was already mostly kind of being like, there's a lot of this I don't okay, whatever and it was just that and there was no plot and the world completely crumbled and made no sense And it was clear that he didn't know the answers to his own mystery boxes and I was like Okay, so no Just kidding. None of this is for me And we ultimately like what matt was saying chat if he plays up for his audience I'm sure he does because I'm sure he has his audience that loves his books clearly writing it for them Clearly and then like I'm part of the vampire. So like never not like I said, I gave it benefit of the doubt I think it had actual merit even now.  There's a plot here. Like some of the humor was genuinely funny um, and it was also like 400 500 pages And empire the vampire was like way worse on the sex stuff way worse on the violence stuff Way worse on the overwritten. I think I'm so cool stuff and it's like nearly 800 pages And I was just like it's like everything that like never night was like And this was leaning into all the worst parts of that and I was like Or there's just because the book is twice as long there's just more More room for activities He just kept doing it I mean it did help that in never night Mia Corvair is not telling her own story Someone else is telling it.  Okay, fine. I'll tell you in lurid detail all of the sexy things I did in first like You know, it does make a difference That it's not I did this and I felt this and I'm telling you right now that I had this happen But I'll tell my story in my own way in my own time called blood patients I think it's clear that we did not like the book I think we could say that accurate But now this did not work for me in Anyway shape or form It was ridiculous It's bad.  Yes, this is going to be a series I'm sure but patience He's still writing it And yeah, the humor it's just it's it's monotonous Like some of these jokes. I think like because we were talking about this too like Individually like having a character say I think if God exists then God's a prick In everybody take a shot in a Joe Abercrombie book If a character would totally say something like that, but it would be really casual It wouldn't be this like edgy moment It would be where some some character some zealot is talking about God being the most important thing ever And then you'd have a Logan nine fingers type character be like well if God does exist I think he's a prick and just like there would be like an atrocity happening or like somebody would be talking shit And they get their head cut off and be like see like it would be that and it would be funny It would be dead fan and it would be open into the book being like Before anyone starts talking like this is what you need to know Like come on It's obnoxious.  I've got some opinions Real asshole this one All right, if we're gonna keep talking I need to go pee.  Patience good people. I will tell it in my own time in my own way Emo hair flip for me or for alex I'm willing to count the egregious use of things for you to include the next time You have to refute refute the opinion of quality for empire the vampire I don't understand what you mean But yes, this is going to be a series publicity push for another one I mean, hopefully it won't be as insane as it was For this because I feel like I don't know the first books in series You know, they want to get you hooked in hype So the publisher will be like pushing it and then the assumption is that with uh sequels It's like the built-in audience that read the first one that were definitely so hooked by this first one that they're like Where is the follow-up? Where is the sequel? Uh, I definitely did not enjoy the book.  I mean if you enjoyed it, you know, it's a really it's a really long book to hate So it was a long Long suffering over here Uh Getting to be Where you won't read any new fantasies until hype dies. Yeah, I get that I I feel like I'm pretty I'm just I'm just reading first law all the time and then occasionally like I resurface to see what else is good and I'm like, oh, there isn't anything as good as first law cool back to rewriting first law Um I mean, it's well this book. I feel like it because it became notorious about the hype because like even for For hype most books don't get multiple different arc editions like That is just a different level of I just yes and hob Although, you know, I I will say Oh my god It's a very good look.  Oh, I didn't know Because I know pierra is like kind of friends with him Really? That's surprising that she didn't like it because I figured she would have loved it Yeah, because it's so Aussie that assumed It's super Aussie Whatever that means Can someone please as my voice dives deeper into the shithole of I don't even know what I'm saying anymore And to the abyss of dailess Ashfields guys pierra ford is a youtuber. She did um She kind of did an adaptation of never night, but like as a web series, but she's also just a booktuber.  I won't believe it unless you tell lurid details It's essential to understand who I am as a character and what will narratively happen later on in my tale of my own life for me to tell you specifics Yes No, it's just like on it like just that okay I would never like this book it would not make me like this book So I guess you shouldn't care what I think and you shouldn't make any changes for my sake because they won't really ultimately matter but like just the simple change of like Having the jailer be like tell me your life story and he's like I don't want to okay fine Dot dot dot and then we just like have the narrative start and just stay being the narrative And then have an interlude where we can have a conversation again between the jailer and the Person telling their own story But like having that intercut the whole time where like the entire book is in quotation marks To constantly remind me that he's supposedly saying this out loud to somebody right now is just like No yeah, man That people talk I really Someone in the chat that likes this book Please explain to me the Just the the full list of the fantastic characters That are in this book I would love to hear from someone in the chat And there was someone with a lion heart. Who was that? What's the French word for lion? Uh Leone Oh, that's it. Wait, is it Muffin meal? No, that's not it We Why is this itchy Something's poking me Yeah, it's because he's telling my story Because he spits hot fire. Yes Gabriel Gabriel. I like that comment.  Let's do it Whereas here, you know, I just I was talking about speaker of the dead What's that book? Isn't it? Yes, it's the sequel to Ender's game One of my other favorite books Good time that book is also a legendary masterpiece. I'm told Yes, probably the same demographic thinks it's legendary It's pretty accurate I don't I I don't know what else to say about this book. I hate it I didn't like it. Yeah, I feel like mostly I just have questions Why don't like the writing style? I don't like the characters I don't like the narrative structure. I don't like how childish it is I don't like how edgy it is You can tell me all day long how funny it is and to lean into it I didn't get that at all. I just constantly got this as an angry 14 year old trying to be cool um Yeah, I don't know.   Isn't that your first comment in chat? Did I miss something am I crazy? Well, those are two separate questions. You are crazy, but that's not what the first thing I saw was the audible I said that's funny. I literally just said that And I was mad that I'd ignored his comments. That was the first one I saw and I thought it was funny Okay, but yeah, that's it. I have nothing else to say Yeah, dairy. Unfortunately, I I did not find any joy in this book I don't think liana found I did find joy in roasting it True. That's always fun Which we kind of anticipated going into it that it was going to lean this direction Even so, like I honestly did not expect to hate it as much as I did because I was like I don't think I'm gonna like this. I think this is gonna be bad and I was not prepared Yeah, it was real bad Didn't like it My lack of books. I'm like, do I have to do this all the time? Why is it people always make me do this? Listen, here's the issue with the setup folks, okay? When you come over this way Here's all the books. My desk is on this side. Here's me. Hello So when I do live chats All you get to see is this there's some books. See But see I film this way. I think you should just keep the camera on the bookshelf and be a disembodied voice Hello No, you're not showing us books. You're showing us football stuff. That's gonna disprove your booktuber even harder You definitely don't read Okay, fine here. I'll put on a red rising fruit. There you go.  It's perfect Exactly. It's pretty edgy to not be on camera. I think there's some books There's some it is a comfy chair. Mara. That's where I read My hat's in the way. This is this is terrible There's a dog. Hello, Loki Anyway, that's why That's why okay So, yes, he tried to copy empire not empire the vampire. That's okay So yeah, he legit in his interview was like so this book is if interview the vampire Met that name of the wind while game of the game of thrones in the background in the background Simultaneously Because I think he said consecutively not simultaneously And then he also had the audacity in that review to say I'm the guy that wrote me a fucking corvair that I'm just like Is that supposed to be an accolade sir?      We and merci Nothing else I mean, yes, we all know steven king is a weirdo And I literally just got done mentioning that in my last live chat that i was on before this Where steven king just goes off the rails and was like, hey I'm just gonna do some weird sex stuff now and i'm just like why steven king that doesn't belong here In fairness to steven king. He was on a lot of drugs Like i'm reading the dark tower and all of a sudden there's a demon that Just sexually assault somebody and i'm like yep Okay, this is why is this why is this a thing?  Whatever It's weird, but then you should have like this was the time to use the french j christoff Why'd you drop the ball leave it french for this? Yeah Whatever I'm selling this i mean rob and hob Okay, like I don't think rob and hob feels the way you do dairy She wrote empire of the vampire is a wonderfully crafted tale the pieces as meticulously interlocked as fine would work You don't say that about intentional camp. Nope Certainly don't I haven't read never night, so I can't rest it other than the What I know happens in that book. I wonder if I like open to a random page.  Oh I flipped open and it says I have forever boy truth told I've never tasted impossible like this just what is that? I don't know man Bad writing. Also, there's like a place called skyfall in it. So the entire time.   I have nothing left to say about this book. I don't like it It's bad. That's pretty much all there is to say about it Brilliant I'm happy for y'all to like it I call lanie taylor. What are you doing brilliant and unput downable with tenderness and light bound into the bitter dark of a grim and fascinating lanie Lain where is the tenderness late? Oh, yeah, I don't think these people think it's camp They don't see yeah They don't because it's not supposed to be It would be yeah, maybe they got there were so many different arcs of this book Maybe they all just got different stories. You got the really serious version of it where none of this happens I'm like, what are you guys talking about? It was excellent. He actually just sent them interview with a vampire Okay, well there you have it folks empire the vampire. It's not good This is really awesome. You didn't get it I can't I can't take this book seriously And not in a good way. I just I hate it I wish I hadn't read it.   I didn't choose lesbians so Oh man Yep That's it. You find not funny thing. I'm just so relieved that you were laughing at this book So relieved that was the best part of this live is finding out because I did see that you gave this five stars Dairy when I went to give it one star and I was like Oh But I'm I'm very very very glad to hear why you gave it five stars. We can disagree about it, but yeah, I'm relieved And you are being given recommendations on soothing your throat What is that to do with a little death? No honey and lemon Good All right. Well That's that then Don't read it guys. Don't read it is The good word Truth be told Yeah, I'm gonna go drink some whiskey now And if you love me, please never use the phrase truth be told or in truth around me because they will trigger me Use it constantly. It's not a word in my bag as often as possible Oh, okay That's that's that then I hope everybody has a happy halloween I hope they spend that halloween doing something more fun than reading empire of the vampire Yeah, that's that then I think yeah, any final thoughts? Can't wait for book two Without reading book one, you'll just go right into book two. Well, you already spoiled it patience. Now. I know everything What I was gonna say for book two patience All right, bye


Straight down the sector everybody it's Eric Johnson in today's video We have a practice that includes five throwers three are in high school and two are experienced post-collegiate throwers I think it's really important to see what kind of goes in behind the scenes It's really easy to look at videos and kind of say this thrower should do this or that is missing this or that But you don't necessarily know what's going on You don't know if there's mobility issues You don't know what kind of training restrictions are you don't know what the type of athlete you're dealing with I put my arm down And I reach forward so you're not going anywhere and first up is max Ruben max is one of our throwers He's been throwing with us since the eighth grade He's made really great progress and he continues to get better biggest challenge He's had is feeling the throw now you're gonna notice what we do in our practice here We're gonna go through a progression start with the modified wheel or the 180 or the half-turn whatever you want to call it Working our pillar three four five six Max is gonna start his own like look at that shit There you go max look at that There's been a lot more progress than just what you would see when we show you the before and after you go Wow, that's a huge difference. What you don't know is along the way He's a good hard worker thing is is he didn't feel the throw well and not until recently until we made some shifts to Be again a little less technical and focus more on rhythm and feeling and really trying to Equate motion into his thought process That's all started to make a huge difference for him and progress has been really really good Especially the last few weeks and I'm really excited about where he's going We have a strength training for throwers with two workshops coming up learn how to structure your strength training program to optimize your throwing technique We're gonna talk about it to upcoming webinars. Check the link in the description. We'll see you guys later So Nate is a perfect example. We talked more advanced athletes. He's competed his PR is 64 40 It's 211 plus feet Nate has worked with some great coaches in the past So he's been using the system now for about a year. He's made a lot of really good progress He's understanding his throw a lot better. We're showing him how to create positions Now one of the things we're dealing with is is actual he has hip and some ankle mobility limitations great shape strong lean But is a perfect example of this so even though he looks apart There's still some little structural things that will help to optimize his movement and he's an older athlete Who's working a full-time career position? You missed that one under rotated that left a little Jordi Ellis Jordi was a ballet dancer And so Jordi was taught on how to hold his posture and core He has good posture But he also has a posterior pelvic tilt where the back of his hips kind of tilt down in the front of his hips tilt up And this causes a whole bunch of issues in his throw We recommend we like front squats is a big part of our training cycle to add in Squat movements because they has a lot of correlation over to the throw Jordi's actually better off with back squats because he has that posterior tilt There's a lot of different things that Jordi does that are happening technically and those are creating challenges So we have to make adjustments based on the posture type So we look at the weight room and how we're affecting the posture Jordi came in as a sophomore So now we're trying to increase his weight and add some needed mass to and strength to his throw The lower body comes there So Jason Harrell's been to five consecutive us championships the end of 2019 He had some adductor injury that was kind of a reoccurring annoying injury. So we've restructured his lifting program this year He's slowly getting his strength back He's been getting into good technical positions and things are moving along really well And here we have him throwing a heavy bar so he can get and develop some specific strength and feel some very specific things related to the technical positions That was actually pretty good Jay Mason is a really quick athlete strength levels have been going up core was really weak hamstrings really weak And that was creating some limitations technically so because he's really quick We decided to move to an offset and he's learning the timing change So his distances are slowly going up, but he hasn't found that really great rhythm yet and that's what we've been working on Where'd you slip in the middle?  That's part of a throwing practice Hopefully you guys enjoyed today's video as you can see there's a lot that goes into what we do with the throwing chain reaction system If you would like to learn more about how to structure your practices and find the things that help unlock your potential Click the link below and we will see you on the next video


Hi everybody, Joe for jaskiescasebreaks.com. Last break of the night, last break of my week. It's gonna be leaf stitches and slabs, baseball, three box, random hit, break number four. Pretty easy, we sold six spots. We pop open the three boxes that are inside this stitches and slabs case, and then we type in the hits, and we roll the dice, randomize your names, randomize the hits, and we match you up with something. So very big thanks to Oscar, Tim, Chris, and Drew for making this happen, I appreciate it. And the next list over right here, that's where I'll type in all the hits, and we'll roll that dice, and then we'll match you all up in that spreadsheet over there. But first, let's see what's inside here. I'm gonna turn off that top camera right there because I don't wanna reveal the jersey too early. So we'll do the card first. All right, if you're watching live, you can participate in a, for the jersey, little guessing game, who am I? One of America's favorite games. No one's ever played this game before until we invented it. You don't have to fact check that, don't fact check that. It's true, it's true, it's true, it's true. What happened here? Unbelievable. All right, so I'm just gonna type this in as, sorry everybody. As leaf mystery hit, so, they obviously didn't include a hit, so we'll try to track one down from them and do something for you if you end up with this spot. All right, and we obviously have this video as evidence. So, apologies. So I would assume some intern is getting fired at, or getting a talking to at the very least over at Leaf. All right, as for the who am I, I'm a retired baseball player, right-hander, a right fielder, center fielder, currently 57 years old. Lifetime, 279 batting average, 2,774 hits, 438 home runs, and 1,591 runs batted in. My eight-time all-star, NL MVP, NL rookie of the year, eight-time gold-glover, four-time silver slugger. I was once an NL home run leader, once an NL RBI leader. Part of this team's retired numbers had my number retired by one team and part of another team's Hall of Fame. And a Hall of Famer, a baseball Hall of Famer, a ninth ballot Hall of Famer got in in 2010, with 77.9% of the vote, ninth ballot Hall of Famer. That late, huh? I thought he got it maybe a little bit earlier than that. Played for four teams my entire career. The last team that I played for spent two years with the Florida Marlins. The two years before that was with the Boston Red Sox. And then the team before that is where is this jersey. And I was played with the Expos for a long time. 1976 to 1986 with the Expos. Boom, Rex got it. The Hawk, Andre Dawson. These are custom jerseys, so they don't have all their official licensing, but. So we'll keep it nicely folded in there, but pretty nice. He's got some pretty excellent penmanship too. All right, again, I'll talk to Nick and see who we can contact about this missing hit here. We'll get it to whoever ends up with it. All right, next one. What? Did they just forget to do this one? Come on, Leaf. So that's another slab we're gonna have to get from Leaf. So that's number one, that's number, I'm assuming that the third one's probably missing too. Well, I don't know what the deal is. They didn't even peel the backs off of there. So it looks like in the process, they must have tossed that in there, meaning to fill those with buybacks, but then someone closed and sealed it. It's like they missed a step. Anyway, the jersey. All right, another retired player. Retired pitcher, 84 years old, righty. Finished my career with 243 wins and 142 losses, a lifetime 289 ERA and 2,303 strikeouts. I'm a Hall of Famer, inducted in the early 80s, third ballot Hall of Famer with 83.7% of the vote, played for one team from 1960 to 1973, then played for a year with the Red Sox and then played a year for the Dodgers. 10-time All-Star, an NL wins leader in 1968 and MLB ERA leader in 1969. Pitch and no hitter in 1963. And part of this team's wall of fame and my number for this team has been retired. Although I won more games in any other pitcher during the 1960s, I appeared in only one World Series game and was often overshadowed by his contemporary, Sandy Kofax and Bob Gibson post-season awards. And I'm from the Dominican Republic, not Bob Gibson. Chris getting a little bit clothed, not Louise Tiont, played for my rivals, the Giants.  But apparently they made up later in life. Yep, Chris got it, Juan Marichal. There's his autograph right up there. Fine, well, let's see what we have here. I thought it might've been under the jersey or something like that, but it's a little disappointing. All right, will we see a buyback card in this one? Yeah, this one's empty too, yeah, I figured. All right, so my apologies, ladies and gentlemen, but we will talk to some people. I'm sure Lee will help us out. So stay tuned for that. Oh, obviously this video will be uploaded. Keep an eye on it and we'll have an update soon, I hope. All right, this should be a pretty easy one. I'm a retired pitcher, 52 years old, right-hander, righty. How can I say this without giving it away? Had a win-loss record of 82 and 60, had a lifetime 221 ERA, had 1,173 strikeouts and a one-quip, a 13-time All-Star, played for one team my entire career, five-time World Series champion, a World Series MVP and ALCS MVP, a comeback player of the award winner, my number retired, and in 2019, first ballot Hall of Famer with 100% of the vote. If I give, if I say the other number, I mean, the 100% should give it away. Yeah, there we go, Chris has got it, Kevin's got it too. I also have 652 saves, a five-time AL Rolades Relief Man Award winner, three-time Delivery Man of the Year winner, Moe, Mariano Rivera, that's pretty nice. Oh, wow. He's hitting you with that first unanimous HOF inscription there too. Yeah, excellent penmanship here. If we ever start Jaspy's autograph camp to kind of teach the young kids on the ins and outs of autographs, this guy would definitely be a keynote speaker. All right, so let's get that typed in there as well. All right, so we marked those envelopes, which is pretty frustrating, but we'll figure it out. But the jerseys are still there. There's the Andre Dawson jersey, the Juan Marichal jersey, and the Mariano Rivera autograph jersey. And then we'll figure out those hits from there. And we'll have to probably, once we get those hits, we'll have to get the, we'll have to probably randomize those again. All right, so apologies to this group here, but thank you, we'll do some investigating. We'll figure it out. I'm sure Lee for somebody will make this right. All right, so let's do it. Let's roll it, let's randomize it. Three and a six, nine times. So your names first. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine, three and a six, nine times, four, for the mystery hit, and then the autograph jerseys. I guess the numbering really doesn't matter because we're gonna randomize those anyway once we get those facts. So just keep an eye out for that. All right, nine times. One, two, three, four, five, six, and then three more times, seven, eight, seven, eight, and ninth and final time. All right, so Tim with the Andre Dawson drew with a couple leaf slab cards. Once we get those, same with you, Tim. Oscar with the Juan Marachal jersey and Chris with the Mariano Rivera autograph jersey. And there you go, gang. Sorry about the disappointing buyback, the missing buybacks here, but I'm sure, I'm sure Leaf will make it right. We'll investigate, we'll stay on it, and then once we get those cards in, we'll randomize those three hits back to these three right here. We'll probably randomize names and hits again when we get there, so all right. So thanks, everybody. Sorry about that. We'll see you next time on jaspyscasebrace.com.


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