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I saw Tim perform the story you're about to hear at a Moth Grand Slam competition in Brooklyn, and he had the whole audience in stitches, so I just had to invite him up to tell this story at the Artichoke.

So here's Tim at our main stage at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, New York in July of 2021 with his story, A Little Bit of Flair.

Wow.

Alright, so it was around the turn of the century, and I found myself in the middle of a full-blown quarter-life crisis.

Sure, I'll pee on a strip.

Like, I guess if we have to to protect you, I'll, I'll go to an appointment later on." Um, yeah, we met at, you know Sh- do you know Shannon? You know who I mean by Shannon? She lives in Beacon in New York.

She, she took our BK.

She was, um, in our, in our course.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, so I was vending...

Uh, my husband and I were selling meat and selling herbs at a farmers market in Beacon, and I always saw Shannon with her daughter, and I thought, like, "Man, Shannon, like, I feel like she's like my aunt." Like, we just-

[laughs]

Got you.

So I am in upstate New York, Beacon, New York.

Oh, you're a New Yorker.

I'm a

He was the emergency response coordinator for a good period of time.

We have firefighters from Fairview, the city of Poughkeepsie, Arlington, and the city of Beacon.

We've got volunteers from Wasake, New Hackensack, East Fishkill.

That's incredible.

It's called Forever Fest.

It's a fest beer style lager at 5.2%, uh, brewed and canned in Beacon, New York by Industrial Arts Brewing Company.

Aw, it's a chief fest?

It is.

Yeah.

In Beacon, New York? Beacon, New York.

The Duchess Tool Company is from Beacon, New York, the very town where we record our little show.

My goodness.

And as I was reading that, I thought.

Amen.

Grazie, Sandra.

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Hello, my name is Ben.

I live in Beacon, New York.

I am eight years old.

And, uh, my favorite episode of But Why is how is candy made.