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Speaker 1: Here blog. Have you ever had to go to an

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Speaker 1: event to celebrate someone who you did not know at all?

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Speaker 1: Have you ever had to go to a funeral for

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Speaker 1: someone who you did not know at all? A wedding

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Speaker 1: for someone that you did not know at all? So

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Speaker 1: I went to Marion Corbundale over the makend to see

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Speaker 1: our friends. We have many friends. We have Doug, we

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Speaker 1: have Dennis. We have many friends, Sadie. We have many

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Speaker 1: friends in southern Illinois. They do and it's actually a

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Speaker 1: lot of fun on it. They got stuff to do,

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Speaker 1: they got they about wineries. I went to the wineries

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Speaker 1: that you guys went to. I was at the breweries.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I got the bread. I don't know if I

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Speaker 1: got the bread. I ate some bread. They got lake

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Speaker 1: at Egypt Down. They got lots of stuff to do

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Speaker 1: in southern Illinois, if you're so inclined. But I went

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Speaker 1: to hang out with Dennis, and on Dennis's already planned

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Speaker 1: schedule on his bingo card, was to go to a

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Speaker 1: guy's retire hirement party at the SIU Law School. He

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Speaker 1: was a professor of former dean. He was retiring. I've

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Speaker 1: never met this guy. Name is Peter Alexander. Never met

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Speaker 1: the guy, don't know anything about him. And I'm like,

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Speaker 1: off retirement party. I guess it's at a bar or something.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, like stuff by no, no, no. It

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Speaker 1: was at the law school and it was like esteemed

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Speaker 1: colleagues and students and like everybody was in blazers and

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Speaker 1: I was not. And I met this man's retirement party.

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Speaker 1: And I didn't realize is that we came just in

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Speaker 1: time for the speeches. Oh no, now I didn't have

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Speaker 1: to I didn't have to give one. But it's funny

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Speaker 1: because the dude came over, I introduced myself. I didn't

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Speaker 1: even know that it was his party because I didn't know.

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Speaker 1: I don't know this man, never met him. So I'm like, hey,

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Speaker 1: how you doing it? I'm fred I don't know that

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Speaker 1: I'm meeting the man of the hour. And he's like,

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Speaker 1: oh yeah, yeah, he's pretending to know me because I'm

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Speaker 1: at his party, so obviously I know him. But you

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Speaker 1: could tell he was being cordial. But he's looking at

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Speaker 1: me like, I know, I didn't teach you anything, you

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Speaker 1: know what I mean. But here's the point is that

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Speaker 1: I'm listening to people speak about this guy and he

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Speaker 1: sounds like an amazing being that I would like to

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Speaker 1: be friends with. And I don't even know him. But

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Speaker 1: you've got former students, you've got former faculty, You've got

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Speaker 1: the dean of this school up there talking about this guy,

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, this guy sounds amazing. I kind of

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Speaker 1: wish I knew the man who's retirement party I was attending,

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Speaker 1: but I just wasn't sure if any of you have

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Speaker 1: ever been to anything like that where you're going these

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Speaker 1: people seem great or that dead person would have been

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Speaker 1: a great person to know, right, I'm sorry they're dead.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Like I mean, I went to a funeral. It's sad,

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Speaker 2: it's my my neighbor's mom passed away, But the way

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Speaker 2: they talked about her and all that, and I'm like,

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Speaker 2: I would have loved to just have like a night

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Speaker 2: just partying with her, right, And I didn't get that opportunity.

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Speaker 1: I want to hang with this guy, and luckily he's

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Speaker 1: still alive, so as possible.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, get his number. I brought my best friend

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Speaker 2: Hillary to a going away party and she was a

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Speaker 2: little overserved and she is the shyest person you guys,

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Speaker 2: haven't matter. She's quiet, she got up, gave a speech

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Speaker 2: and cried, oh my god about the person that she

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Speaker 2: didn't and I literally was like, oh my god, she's

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Speaker 2: gonna regret this in the morning, know the person.

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Speaker 1: She still gave a speed I ever met the.

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Speaker 2: Person and gave a beautiful speech and got emotional and

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Speaker 2: I really am seeming there like you are not gonna

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Speaker 2: believe you did this tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: It was hysterical.

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Speaker 2: Wi yest person so that.

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Speaker 1: But I'm just like, you know, I'm like shaking hands,

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Speaker 1: meeting people or whatever. And then I realized that the

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Speaker 1: man I just met is the guy who's party I'm attended.

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Speaker 1: And I didn't eat any of the food or drink

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Speaker 1: any of the drink because I was not I didn't

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Speaker 1: deserve that, Okay, But I met a lot of nice people.

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Speaker 1: And this dude, Peter Alexander, I can't wait for his retirement. Man,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna do it. He's written books, he's a lawyer,

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Speaker 1: he's a law professor. Very interesting guy. His mom was there,

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Speaker 1: got to she's a wonderful lady. And the way people

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Speaker 1: were talking about this dude, I'm like, I want to

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Speaker 1: be friends with him, So hopefully I get to meet

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Speaker 1: like meeting for real someday, but you could tell it

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Speaker 1: was one of those things where it's like he's looking

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Speaker 1: at me and everybody there was like intimately involved in

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Speaker 1: this guy's life in one way or another, and he's

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Speaker 1: looking me like, oh, yeah, I get to see a game.

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Speaker 1: I've never seen you. I have no I didn't even

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Speaker 1: know it was your day. But I hope we can

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Speaker 1: have a beer someday. I do because he seems like

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Speaker 1: a great guy, and I wish him. I wish him

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Speaker 1: the best in his retirement, but thanks for letting me

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Speaker 1: gratch him like I wrote books and stuff who inspired

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Speaker 1: many many lawyers. He could have worried. I think he

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Speaker 1: did work in fancy schools. And then he adds amazing