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I'm going to check in, I'm going to, you know, get overly caught up in the day to day drama of my small life, which has probably a little more time than some of you because, you know, I'm self employed. I do this, I do the stand up, I do the acting, I do, you know, but I mean, it's a lot of work. But I can make time to fill my life with errands of purpose, errands of meaning. The things that make up my life, the things that bring me joy and engagement outside of talking to people, either in here or in comedy clubs, theaters, just the day to day and getting things done that just come up, that is the bulk of my life. Look around your life, pull out of the phone and just look at how small and simple a lot of times your life is. Think about the number of blocks or miles that you really engage or travel with in your life. Think about the people along the way. Don't think about whatever the phone is doing to your brain. As soon as you turn it on, all of a sudden you're connected to this universe of fucking psychic garb. Slow it down. Take a walk, say hi to the guy at the place, you know what I'm saying? Today on the show, Josh Brolin is back. He's out. He's out making the rounds with his book, which is very good. And the last time he was here was in 2018, episode 9 15. He was actually the first guest in the new garage, which was not set up really. And I like the guy, he's just one of those guys. I went out to Meet him. And I looked at him, I'm like, all right. Okay, Brolin, what's up? What do you got? I thought we hit it up pretty good. I just like the guy. But the new memoir, it's called from under the Truck, he wrote the fuck out of it. He wrote a thing, and it's all him, and you can feel it. And he's got a poetic sensibility. He's, you know, he has a desire to express himself in a truthful way and think about things in relation to his life experience. And it was. I enjoyed it. And it's written in short chapters so you can do a piece at a time. But I actually really liked it. And I like talking to him again. We had some laughs, talked about the Zins, you know? I'll be back touring starting in January. Sacramento, California. I'll be at the Crest Theater on Friday, January 10th. Napa, California, at the Uptown Theater on Saturday, January 11th. I'm in Fort Collins, Colorado, at Lincoln Center Performance hall on Friday, January 17th. Boulder, Colorado, at the Boulder Theater on Saturday, January 18th. Santa Barbara, California, at the Libero Theater on Thursday, January 30th. San Luis Obispo, California, at the Fremont center on Friday, January 31st. And Monterey, California at the Golden State Theater on Saturday, February 1st. Go to wtfpod.com tour for all my dates and links to tickets. Also, send in your questions for an upcoming Ask Mark Anything bonus episode. Go to the link in the episode description and submit a question there. Then subscribe to the full Marin so you can hear my answers. I as I said before, I'm focusing on important small things. The poetry of life. Someone sent me a box of walnuts. I got too many walnuts. It was a gift. It was half a joke gift because I've been talking about walnut oil and walnuts and omega 3s or whatever. So I got like, you know, too many walnuts. And I thought I'd put five walnuts out in front of my house for the squirrels. And I wondered when I did it, like, can they handle a walnut? The squirrels don't they have the teeth. That does the nut thing. Isn't that what they're kind of about? And it's been a few hours and no takers, so I don't know. But, you know, it was interesting to think about. And now I have something to look at. Sort of like looking at the rat traps down in my basement, you know, opposite ends of the spectrum, but both involve rodents. But I think one is definitely much nicer than the other one. Look this episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. And this month is all about gratitude. We all set aside time to be thankful for what we have in life. For family, for friends. I'm thankful for having all of you out there listening. But there's another person we probably don't thank enough ourselves. It's sometimes hard to remind ourselves that we are all trying our best to make sense of this crazy world. And that ain't easy. Here's a reminder to send some thanks to the people in your life, including yourself. And if you're having trouble giving yourself some thanks, a therapist can help you out. Being grateful for yourself isn't just about giving yourself a pat on the back. It means giving yourself some mental relaxation and self care. Yeah, I'll say. If you're thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. It's entirely online and it's designed to be convenient, flexible and suited to your schedule. Just fill out a brief questionnaire to get matched with a licensed therapist and switch therapists anytime for no additional charge. Let the gratitude flow with BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com wtftoday to get 10% off your first month. That's BetterHelp H E L p.com WTF Now I could tell you about the. The vacuum insanity, but I don't want you to judge me. But this is just sort of where it's errands with purpose errands. That's what my life is built on. That's what I enjoy doing. Some of them are deeper than others. But I got into sort of a vacuum shit show. You want to hear about it? I'll tell you about it. Okay, so I have this Dyson. I like Dysons. I have an animal too. Dysons, despite the story I'm going to tell you, are kind of the best vacuum. And there's not a paid promotion. You just. It's just once you have a Dyson, it's hard to have anything else because they're just. It's like. It's like a jet engine vacuum and they look cool. I've been a Dyson guy for a while now. A while back, about a year or two, About a year and a half ago, I had a Dyson Animal One maybe. And I'd had it for years and it broke fine. So then I had the other one. I had this other Animal two vacuum, a Dyson that I've only had for maybe less than two years. And it broke the same way that other fucking one broke. So obviously this is a Dyson problem and the woman. I have a person that cleans my house a couple times a month because it's a house. And as much as I'd like to think I could clean it all, it won't be as good as a person cleaning it. So she cleans my house and she said she broke the vacuum or it broke. I'm not going to blame her. It broke the same way the other one did. And I'm like, all right, well, fuck it. Now I got to get a new vacuum. But this one feels pretty new, so maybe I should go get this one fixed. But that could take weeks. So anyway, she said, yeah, get a new vacuum. So I bought one online. I don't know why I bought. I went to Amazon. The Sparks vacuum, I think it's Sparks as the brand. I'm not sure. They had a lot of high reviews. It was like $100 and it looked like a vacuum. So I bought it. Not. Yeah. And I knew in the back of my mind, dude, it's a $100 vacuum. How is that going to fucking compare? I mean, there's no way it can be good. But I bought it and it came. And then, you know, a couple days later she goes, I'd like to get one of those broom style vacuums. You know, the kind with the handle that's got the suction on the handle. Like a Dyson, like a, like a V11. I thought, you know, you charge it up and you know, that's supposed to be pretty good. So I had the Sparks vacuum. Then I'm like, well, fuck you, I want this vacuum. So I got the other Dyson, the V11. I thought, well, that's, you know, it's smaller, it seems more compact. I'll just get that and, and I'll get the other one fixed it, you know, whenever I get it fixed. And so I got the two vacuums. So she comes and she's like, she doesn't like the broom vacuum, the Dyson V11, because it doesn't hold a charge for shit. And you gotta hold the trigger. You gotta hold the trigger to vacuum. It doesn't just turn on and go. And so she's like, I can't. I don't want to use this. And I'm like, all right. And then we tried the Sparks vacuum and that was garbage. Didn't work. Didn't. Had. Didn't suck. Didn't suck. It sucks because it doesn't suck. So now I got three vacuums. One is broken and I'm like, fuck. And then I was going to send back the V11 and return it, but to disassemble a vacuum and then repack it in the box it came in, it's. It's not worth the time. Just take the hit. And so I'm like, well, I'll just put that vacuum in the fucking garage. There's no way. It's going to take me hours. And I went and looked up a video to figure out how to repack the fucking Dyson. And there's a guy on there, but even he's not confident. And I'm like, God damn it, fuck this. I'll just keep the fucking vacuum. I'll give the sparks one to somebody. But now, like, I've got these, you know, three vacuums, one broken Dyson. And I'm mad. I'm mad at Dyson, you know, because I got to go over to the repair center. But it's an errand with purpose. I can go over there and go like, this isn't even 2 years old. I mean, what the fuck? I don't even know if I have a warranty. Don't.