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and have you ever wondered what I sound like? No?

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Couple of different things this week. I decided to try recording audio. Apparently lots of people prefer to listen to Substacks rather than read them! (Are you one of them? Let me know.)

I recorded it. I accidentally deleted it. I recorded it again, but it sounded like I was gasping for breath, so I did it a third time and hopefully that one was the charm. (Or charm-ish.)

Please let me know what you think. (But not if it’s “you sound like a knob.” Thanks in advance.)

I originally wrote this post for a parenting site (that no longer exists) and I think about it often. Not just in relation to making money from your kids (full disclosure: I self-published two books of my sons’ quotes - this one and this one - which sounds like the most self-indulgent thing in the world (and probably is), but I have been assured that they’re properly funny), but about the sheer volume of stuff celebrities get for free.