We will now interrupt the regularly scheduled programming for this good old Blades micro podcast. I'm not really a big glass half full or glass half empty type of guy. Um I really uh think about life in general as uh the you know situational. So like did uh you fill the glass up or did you drink something out of it, right? And um I I'm also a big like rip the band-aid type of guy. So uh for all of our listeners out there, um Chris Crawford will no longer be doing regular shows. Um uh and I'll I'll explain why. We decided early on when we were talking about the concept of the Gotal Blade podcast that if it ever got too much or our families or ourselves uh uh there was a a conflict of interest or conflict of time that we knew that we always gave each other the permission to walk away and there was no hard feelings or anything. And you know, Chris and I are good friends, and I respect him a lot, and he decided that it was important for him and where he sits with his kids and with his his wife and what he's doing with his own interests that uh he had to uh you know walk away from uh doing regular shows and everything. And and I respect him uh for it because not everybody can make that distinction. Um I'm I'm a burn a candle at both ends type of guy, and will uh you know, according to my wife, uh overextend myself, and I I agree that she you know tries to protect me and my time and sanity with that, but you can't uh protect the sanity of somebody who's already insane. And when it comes to knives, I really feel that way. I love them, I love everything about it, talking to people, learning about things, uh uh it encompasses a large portion of my life is just to absorb all the things that are to offer in the knife community um and with the craft. So um with all that being said, uh the way that the uh the tentative picture of the podcast looks is you know, obviously I'll I'll still be continuing with it uh solo and we'll still be doing uh maker interviews and everything, and I'll still be doing micro podcasts, um, but I don't know what it'll look like in the uh in the full far off future, uh, because I haven't really thought about is there anything about the medium that has to change because I'm just me doing interviews and me uh running the show versus having a partner in crime uh with Chris. So um, you know, we talked, and this is the right decision for Chris, and it's the right decision for me too, because uh I can't I can't knowingly uh hold somebody back from the things that they're um that are most important to them uh just for the sake of a show. Uh but but this two shall pass, and uh the good old blades podcast will keep running. Um it's just we have this momentary uh decision making that we're gonna pivot just a little bit. So content content still stays pretty much the same. It'll just be me that you're listening to all the time, and maybe I can have some uh guest hosts and things like that on. Well uh I'll kind of ideate on that. I I hope that everybody understands that the it as in life and as in knife making, you have to make the decisions on what is most important for you on how you carry on your lives and the quality of life you have. And I fully support that, and Chris uh supports that and honors that, and we have to just make sure that we are being attentive, forgiving, and uh accepting of other people and their limitations on their time, because just like in Matt Collins' uh interview episode where we talked about the most valuable thing that you put into a knife is your time, um, we have to realize that that's the same way with any vocation or any uh hobby that we have, and if that doesn't make sense, then don't do it. Um, and again, I would be an absolute hypocrite if I did not uh support Chris in that and I wish him the best in really focusing on what is important to him and uh hope he has uh you know blessings with that because I really do believe in it. And again, at any point in time, if uh he decides that he has the time, then he's right back in it, and we can go from there. But um I we thought that it would be important for all you listeners to know and to be totally above board and transparent with it in case uh my voice is not enough for you. Uh and you were really looking forward to talking or hearing from Chris. So um I hope uh that you all be a little bit forgiving with me as well as I uh you know navigate this space. I think it should be a real quick bump in the road, and then we'll keep rolling with it and uh have good content. So uh the next episode that'll be dropping tomorrow is the last that uh Chris and I will do done together, and then it'll just be me going forward. Hope that's informative. Thank you.