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​Tires, Mechanics & Nidhi's Pottery
(Original airdate: June 8, 2016)

>> Marco Timpano: Welcome to the Insomnia Project. Sit back, relax and listen as we have a conversation about the mundane. One thing that we can assure you is that our conversation is going to be less than fascinating, shall we say? We just want you to sort of be able to listen and relax and drift off. Listen and sleep. In fact, follow us on Twitter. Listen and sleep. That's the at sign, listen, write up the word and followed by sleep. At listen and sleep.


marco: says it's important to have good tires on your car

Now, I'm your host, Marco Timpano.

nidhi:  And I'm your co host, Nidhi Khanna.

>> Marco Timpano: Nidhi, this week I had my tires. I had some all season tires put onto my car and um, I got that done. All four tires were replaced at the mechanics. And it's always interesting to sort of see your car up on the um. Oh, lift. I don't know what it's called. I know it has a name. It's escaping me, but.

nidhi:  So Marco, before we go any further. Oh, I think we should explain to our listeners who might not change tires on a regular basis.

>> Marco Timpano: Sure.

nidhi:  As to why we do that here in Canada.

>> Marco Timpano: Oh, I see. Yeah.

nidhi:  Particularly so we put on our winter tires.

>> Marco Timpano: Right.

nidhi:  Probably around November, I would say.

>> Marco Timpano: So yeah, that's ideal.

nidhi:  Ideal. And then we keep them on our cars until about April. You're, you seem to be a little late maybe, I don't know. Um, April, May. You may.

>> Marco Timpano: Yeah, I'm late because I had to. So all season tires are tires that you can use throughout the year and they have m good track good traction. So they're meant for all weather. Whereas what we call snow tires or winter tires are meant for your car in really bad weather that has sleet, snow and slush so you don't slip and slide. For people who live in warmer climates who happen to be listening to our podcast and we welcome you and Marco.

nidhi:  Now, I use winter tires.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay. Because

nidhi:  I drive quite a lot in the winter on the highway.

>> Marco Timpano: Sure.

nidhi:  And for many years I didn't use winter tires because here in Toronto, Ontario, uh, it's not mandatory to have winter tires. And so you can use your all season tires or your regular tires, um, all throughout the year. However, in Quebec, in Montreal, where I'm from, as you know, uh, you must have winter tires. It's fall all. So you have to change your tires from your all season tires to your winter tires.

>> Marco Timpano: I see. Oh, and that's.

nidhi:  And there goes the pen.

>> Marco Timpano: I drop. I like to drop pens. You know, Nidhi, um, tires are so key on any vehicle that you, that you drive, whether it be a motorcycle, a scooter, a car, a bicycle. Ties or tires are key. And we have a good friend Dale, whose father is a mechanic and said to her, it's just this little bit of rubber between you and the road. So it's important that you have good tires, good advice and tires for the season.

nidhi:  And, and is that Mr. Boyer?

>> Marco Timpano: Yeah, Mr. Boyer.

nidhi:  Good advice.

>> Marco Timpano: Mr. Boy, he is, uh, wonderful, wonderful gentleman. And, uh, he. After I heard Dale say that, and I look to him often with my mechanical questions. Mechanic questions, because he is a mechanic, and he, uh, is so wise and sage with regards to it, as is his daughter. But after she mentioned that to me, I am now a stickler to ensure that I have good tires that are right for. For the season. And, you know, Nate, it's important to find on your car. Oftentimes it's in the door. So when you open your front door or the. Sorry, the driver door of the vehicle, on the side panel, it'll say the type of tire, the size of tire that is ideal for your car.

nidhi:  Oh, um, I didn't know.

>> Marco Timpano: Yeah.

nidhi:  So you were saying, though, now, I digressed quite a bit there. But your car was.

>> Marco Timpano: Listen, we. We sent a shout out to Roger Boyer, so. Or Boyer.

nidhi:  There we go.

>> Marco Timpano: And that's important.

nidhi:  Is it Boyer or Boyer? You know, I always wonder.

>> Marco Timpano: It's the. I know Dale, and we'll have Dale on the show, and she'll. She'll answer to that.


Do you name your car? I have in the past

So let's keep our list, because the

nidhi:  Quebec Kwai in me is saying Boyer,

>> Marco Timpano: which it probably is. And then the anglophone or the anglicized version of it, is Boyer here. So.

nidhi:  Well, we shall find out. Stay tuned. Um, but your car was on the car lift. You were saying? I'm gonna call it the jack that.

>> Marco Timpano: No, it wasn't a jack, but yeah, the car left. Let's call it the car left. I'm sure. And if you're a mechanic who wants to chime in, by all means, please listen and at listen and sleep on Twitter, let us know. But it's on there. And your car seems so helpless when it's on there and you know it's being taken care of because it's important to have a mechanic you trust, I believe. And you see your car up there with its wheels off, and you. You feel a little. I felt a little bit bad to see that knowing that new wheels were going to be on. It's kind of at the. At the car doctor or the mechanic, and it looks helpless up there. And, you know, a car does so much for you.

nidhi:  Do you name your car?

>> Marco Timpano: I have in the past. But this car, I didn't name it. I wonder if Amanda named it. What about you?

nidhi:  I do name my car. Uh, I'm on my second car.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  So my first car was named Yuri because he was a Yaris, so Yuri the Yaris.

>> Marco Timpano: Yeah.

nidhi:  And then right now I have Mitsumi The Mazda. Okay, so I go for. I don't know. Yeah. Those are the two names that I've had for my cars. How about you? What has been some of the names that you've.

>> Marco Timpano: I had a Honda, uh, and I called it Samsara.

nidhi:  Oh, okay.

>> Marco Timpano: I think it's a makeup line or something. But that's not. I just. I don't know where the name Actually.

nidhi:  You know what Samsara is?

>> Marco Timpano: No, I don't. I know because it's something funny because when I told somebody that was the name of the car, they were like. You named it after the.

nidhi:  Yeah, it's like in. In Hinduism.

>> Marco Timpano: Oh.

nidhi:  Samsara is like, if I'm getting this correctly, is the cycle of rebirth.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.


You have a couple of things that you've named inanimate objects

nidhi:  So you're always trying to break the cycle of rebirth. So you're trying to break Samsara through your Dharma and your karma.

>> Marco Timpano: Well, it certainly got broken by the end. My car.

nidhi:  And then.

>> Marco Timpano: Yeah, so I. That was the name of that car. And then this car that we have, I don't think has a name.

nidhi:  This is your Kia.

>> Marco Timpano: Yeah, the Kia. So we'll see. We'll see. What? What? I don't know if Amanda named it. Um, she may have named it. Now, we tend to name things after the color of it. So, for example, we have a couple of things that we've named inanimate objects. We have a Samsonite luggage that we call the Yellow Monster.

nidhi:  Ah.

>> Marco Timpano: Uh. Because it's a large luggage, and true to form, you could do anything to this Samsonite luggage and nothing would happen to it.

nidhi:  Well, it's a Samsonite.

>> Marco Timpano: You know, I have to say, best luggage in the world. And I only say that because we bought other luggage that has a good reputation, and I won't mention who they are, but they.

nidhi:  I think I remember they.

>> Marco Timpano: They proved not to be great. So we have yellow, um, monster.

nidhi:  Okay.

>> Marco Timpano: And then, um, there's a couple of other things that, um. That you name that I name. Um, And I'm trying to think like, uh. Like, it'll often be like, you know, something blue, and I'll be like, oh, turn on blue, Melvin. It'll be the. The lamp or something. Right. Yeah. So there's things like that. I tend to do that.

nidhi:  Now, do you find that these names of inanimate objects just sort of come to you or.

>> Marco Timpano: Um.

nidhi:  So I just sometimes will get with my karis. For example, it just came to me. Yuri.

>> Marco Timpano: Right.

nidhi:  Mitsumi.

>> Marco Timpano: Right.

nidhi:  I can't explain it why it went that way, but it just sort of came or did you have a particular name? Like.

>> Marco Timpano: No, no, no. It just, uh, it's funny because it's, it'll just. Generally speaking, I'll take a color and a person's name, random person's name, and I'll put them together. And then if it's a workhorse of an inanimate object, I'll say the blue monster or you know, you know, the, the red monster for the like the vacuum we had or whatnot.

nidhi:  Right.

>> Marco Timpano: So that's, that's, it's, it's very random.


How did you feel once the car tires were put on your car

nidhi:  But, um, how did you feel, um, once the car tires were put on your car.

>> Marco Timpano: Oh.

nidhi:  And you were driving it on the road?

>> Marco Timpano: It was great. It was great. You. I could just tell they were. It's funny nitty because they were high quality, not inexpensive tires that I bought. And I certainly felt the difference as soon as they were on. I could tell they were good tires just the way they hugged the road.


If you ever are low on oil or there's some issues with your car

Have you ever changed the oil in your car? Do you know how?

nidhi:  Um, myself?

>> Marco Timpano: Yes.

nidhi:  No.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  I always go to a mechanic for that.

>> Marco Timpano: Do you know how to put oil in if you need oil in your car? Where to go?

nidhi:  No. Oh, absolutely not.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay, well, I'll, I'll teach you.

nidhi:  You'll have to teach me that.

>> Marco Timpano: I think it's important to know at the very least that if you ever are low on oil or there's some issues with your car, you should know a few basics.

nidhi:  Do you know how to change your own oil?

>> Marco Timpano: Uh, no, I've never changed the oil, but I have changed a battery out. Like I've taken an old, a dead battery out and put a new battery in. I have, um, I have, uh, what do you call it now? I can't think when your battery dies and you have to jump.

nidhi:  I jump.

>> Marco Timpano: Tune out and jump.

nidhi:  I do know how to do that.

>> Marco Timpano: Do you have cables in your car?

nidhi:  I do not have cables in my car.

>> Marco Timpano: Your birthday's coming up.

nidhi:  My birthday's coming up. I also feel like it's always a good line to use on a good looking guy if you're ever stranded.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  However, that can also go south quite quickly.

>> Marco Timpano: Yeah. Ah, no, I don't think that's a good. I don't think that's. You need good jumper cables in your car. You need to, you need to have like a little, you know, car kit in your car that has jumper cables in it that has either a flare or one of those sort of, um, reflective signs.

nidhi:  See, I don't feel like I would ever Use the flare. I never go anywhere that I would use a flare for.

>> Marco Timpano: But that's why you have it. So that you, in the event that you should ever need it, you have it, but hopefully you will never have to use it.

nidhi:  Wouldn't you use a cell phone instead of a flare? Flare?

>> Marco Timpano: Well, the.

nidhi:  For our listeners to understand the. The look that I just got from Marco. So one of both disdain and incredulous.

>> Marco Timpano: Well, it's just because the, the flare is used to, you know, um, highlight that your car is in trouble. So the cars hit it and should an emergency vehicle have to come, they know exactly where it is. It's not, you know, to necessarily draw attention, but we'll go over all those things, you and, uh, I. Just for car safety, for you. Um, but I can put the windshield

nidhi:  washer in the right tube.

>> Marco Timpano: Great. That's awesome. So putting in the oil isn't much harder than that.

nidhi:  Okay.

>> Marco Timpano: So if you can do that, you can, you can put your own oil in there. And you know what's funny is that Dale, my friend Dale, she has, she has, uh, shown me and walked me through many different things I've had to do in my car. So I certainly don't want it to seem like, oh, I'm a man. I'm gonna show Niddy, because it was certainly a woman who showed me quite a bit with my car. So.

nidhi:  Oh, and I full out admit that I know nothing about, um, car maintenance in any meaningful sense. I, uh, I can't change, uh, a flat tire.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  I don't know how to do that. Is that something you know how to do?

>> Marco Timpano: Yes, you could. You just, uh, haven't.

nidhi:  No. Yes, exactly, I could. I just don't know how to.

>> Marco Timpano: Very well, then we'll show you how to do that as well.

nidhi:  Perfect.

>> Marco Timpano: So we'll get some mechanic skills in you. Um, I've had to be a bicycle mechanic. Um, I used to be a tour guide with bicycles. And so I've had to deal with bike mechanics. And once, you know, Nitty, it's interesting, once you jump in there and deal with something, um, in a mechanical way, it makes you realize how much you can actually do and how. I don't want to say easy it is how possible it is.

nidhi:  Right, Fair enough. Now, to be honest, Marco, part of it is, yes, I can do it if I knew how to do it. Uh, but do I want to do it?

>> Marco Timpano: Well, sometimes it's not a question of wanting, but having to do it. So, you know, like, because when you need to do it, you're like, I wish I knew how. Right. So we'll make sure you know how. And, uh, yeah.


So it's important to maintain your vehicle, whatever you drive

So it's important to maintain your vehicle, whatever you drive, whether it be a car, a motorcycle, a bicycle, a boat, a pair of roller skates.

nidhi:  That's true. Skis.

>> Marco Timpano: Skis. Do you have skis?

nidhi:  I used to when I was a kid. Um, I used to do all the winter sports. Skiing, skating. I guess those would be two big winter sports.

>> Marco Timpano: Snowshoeing.

nidhi:  Snowshoeing I've only done once, actually.

>> Marco Timpano: As have I. I've only done it once.

nidhi:  Yeah. Uh, m. I feel like it was one of those things that growing up in Canada as a kid, you invariably took a class trip in the winter to learn how to snowshoe 100%. Right. Um, or to sugar off, like, do the sugaring off. Did you guys ever do that where you, uh, would have, like a. They called it Cabana Sucre, where you would have the ice, like a bed of ice, and then they would take the SAP from the maple tree and put it on the ice, and then you would take the popsicle stick and roll the SAP.

>> Marco Timpano: Yes, I have done that. And then you have a little sugary treat on the end of a wooden stick. Stick with snow. It's a cold, warm, sugary treat. Ah.

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Marco M. learned how to ski in Aspen, Colorado

>> Marco Timpano: I, um, once skied in Aspen, Colorado. M. And it was one of the scariest things I've done in my life.

nidhi:  Are you a big skier? No.

>> Marco Timpano: And that's why.

nidhi:  Okay, I was gonna say, I. Of all the years I've known you, I haven't, ah, really seen the skier in you come out. No. But learned how to ski in Aspen.

>> Marco Timpano: No, I didn't. Certainly didn't. Uh, this was not that long ago.

nidhi:  Oh, yeah.

>> Marco Timpano: Uh, this was not that long ago that I was in Aspen for work, and so I brought my skis and I was like, I'm gonna ski in Aspen. Why not? Like, you know, playground to the rich and famous.

nidhi:  Great.

>> Marco Timpano: Needless to say, I got to the top of the mountain, niddy, and I was like, when is this chairlift gonna stop? And it just didn't. And I was on a mountain on a proper Mountain. And then I was like, where are the easy hills? And they were like, what do you mean?

nidhi:  I'm like, you took the wrong chair.

>> Marco Timpano: No, there is no easy hill. It's. You just get down and it's like. There's no.

nidhi:  There's no green circles.

>> Marco Timpano: There's no green circles. Is it all black diamonds? And they're like, um. You know, you're skiing in Aspen, right? I'm like, oh, no. What have I done? Took, um, me hours to get down, and I was petrified. But it was a great lesson. And I skied in Aspen. What can I say?

nidhi:  There you go. And you're here. And. Well, and to tell the tale. Exactly.

>> Marco Timpano: But I do enjoy going, uh, to ski or do those winter sports and stuff and just be on gondolas and things. I do like that. I do like that.

nidhi:  And, um, well, we should go up to a ski hill and ski, but perhaps record as well.

>> Marco Timpano: Oh, into a chalet at the top of the hill. I love that idea. While the snow is gently falling and piling up. Uh, that'd be great. That would be really great. I have, uh, a collection of baseball, uh, cards. And I have no idea what the value of them are. And I bought them in a shoebox at one of these donation centers years ago, and they're in my basement, and I need to get rid of them.

nidhi:  So the obvious question here, Marco, is, what made you buy them in the first place?

>> Marco Timpano: You know, Nidhi, um, there was something about them that caught my eye, and I thought there could be great value in them. And then I bought them, and from.

nidhi:  Wait, from the shoe box in the discount Goodwill store?

>> Marco Timpano: Yeah.

nidhi:  Okay.

>> Marco Timpano: Because sometimes there's hidden treasures, and perhaps I saw something about a hidden treasure. So I saw them, and I'm like, I'm gonna get these baseball cards, and I'm gonna sell them for Fortune, even though I paid $3 for the box.

nidhi:  Amazing.

>> Marco Timpano: And in my basement, this set.


So do you have any collections or peculiar things like that that you have acquired

So do you have any collections or peculiar things like that that you have acquired or made for yourself?

nidhi:  Oddly enough, in my family home, we still have the collections of pottery artifacts that, um, I created and my brothers created, you know, when we were at school. And you'd create sort of like a cup and a saucer and bring it home to your parents, and they would say, thank you. It looks beautiful. And then you look at it again as an adult, and you're like, what is this? How could they have drunk anything from this? It's pretty atrocious, jagged. Um, but recently, I actually took a, uh, One hour pottery chorus as part of, uh, a team building exercise. So we were supposed to make a mug. And being an adult.

>> Marco Timpano: Right.

nidhi:  We just had to follow the instructions.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  So they taught us how to cut, like, the pot, the clay so that we have the base, and how to take the rest of the clay and make the sides and how to.

>> Marco Timpano: Was it on a spinning wheel? Were you on.

nidhi:  No, it was like, hand.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  Um, handmade.

>> Marco Timpano: And.

nidhi:  And how to, um, mark the clay with X's so that it fits in, uh, both. Both sides of the clay fit in together, and you have to wet one side so that it sticks, essentially, and grips.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  Okay.

>> Marco Timpano: So that makes no sense to me.

nidhi:  No, it's almost like you need to see it.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  Uh, well, when you see what was produced, you'll understand why it makes no sense.

>> Marco Timpano: So let me see if I got this. You make the base or the bottom of the cup that you're gonna make into a mug.

nidhi:  Correct. Correct.

>> Marco Timpano: And then.

nidhi:  And then you take, um, another piece of clay. Another piece of clay to create the

>> Marco Timpano: sort of walls of the. Of the.

nidhi:  Yes, but it's one rectangle.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  Right.

>> Marco Timpano: Are you making a rectangular cup at this point?

nidhi:  No, but it's like. It's gonna be a rectangle.

>> Marco Timpano: It's gonna be like a box before you smooth it out. Is that correct?

nidhi:  Okay. It's because it's a circular base.

>> Marco Timpano: Right.

nidhi:  If you then cut a rectangle in the right diameter when you put the rectangle on its length, I guess, and it becomes a circle, becomes a cylinder.

>> Marco Timpano: I see. So you cut a piece of rectangular clay, which you then fold around into a circular pattern on top of your round base.

nidhi:  Correct.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  Correct.

>> Marco Timpano: I knew we'd get to the.

nidhi:  We got there. And then you take a, uh, toothpick, let's say, and you score. Score. That's the word. Thank you. You score the bottom and put a little bit of water on the part that you scored, and then you add the cylinder component to it to create the mug.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay. Um, and then I would assume you add the handle to it.

nidhi:  You add the handle, which is a whole other ball of wax. Yes, correctly. You got it. Needless, um, to say that. And then you paint it. Of course.

>> Marco Timpano: Do you have to glaze it?

nidhi:  You glaze it.

>> Marco Timpano: Does it glaze, then paint or paint and glaze at the same time?

nidhi:  I think the glaze was the paint.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay.

nidhi:  Tinted glaze.

>> Marco Timpano: That makes sense.

nidhi:  Does it?

>> Marco Timpano: Yeah, I think.

nidhi:  I think.

>> Marco Timpano: Yeah, I think. I think a lot of glazes can color the. The pottery that you're doing.

nidhi:  I think it was because also what you, uh, painted or. Sorry, what you glazed. The color wasn't the same, was different from what came out of the oven.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay. The kiln.

nidhi:  Yes. Thank you.

>> Marco Timpano: No problem.


You've made a mug that looks like something you made when 8 years old

nidhi:  Clearly, you've, uh, you know your pottery.

>> Marco Timpano: Let's just say I've seen. Seen, um, ghost a few times. No, no. But I've always been fascinated by it, so I'm just curious.

nidhi:  Well, you shouldn't be curious about this, because when I got the, um, pottery back a few weeks later. Because it went in the kiln.

>> Marco Timpano: Right. All that stuff. Sure.

nidhi:  Uh, it looks like the same cup that I made when I was 8 years old.

>> Marco Timpano: Amazing. Could we get a photo of this modern day adult?

nidhi:  Absolutely.

>> Marco Timpano: Can you drink from it? Does it. Does it hold liquids?

nidhi:  You know what? I've been too afraid to actually put liquid in there. I've been using it as a pencil holder.

>> Marco Timpano: Okay, well, that's not fair to your pottery that you've made. You've made it to drink out of. So you should put some hot water there.

nidhi:  Yes, I'll put some hot water. I'm a little. I'm a little afraid to test it out, but I'm willing to do that for the Insomnia project.

>> Marco Timpano: There you go.

nidhi:  Uh, the big piece de resistance on this cup is that I managed to. To put my initials on it with two separate pieces of clay. So I was able to carve an N and a K and slap them on this mug.

>> Marco Timpano: It sounds hideous. Like, it just gets worse.

nidhi:  It really is. You have to see the coloring for it to really.

>> Marco Timpano: Was that, uh, your design feature? You're like, I think I'm gonna slap a big N and a big K on mine.

nidhi:  Because the reason was that I figured if it did turn out to be usable and drinkable.

>> Marco Timpano: So you knew going in that it was gonna be a bit of a train wreck. It sounds like.

nidhi:  Absolutely. Uh, I have many strengths, but pottery is not one of them. Uh, however, I thought if by some miracle it worked out, then at least I would always know when I was in the office which mug was mine, because it would have my initials on it.

>> Marco Timpano: And would you feel proud to bring your mug into the office?

nidhi:  Oh, it's in the office. It's in my office right now. Yeah, it's there. It's there. And then to make it even better, I carved my signature into the bottom of the mug.

>> Marco Timpano: So where.

nidhi:  But where you drink from. So when you're drinking and pouring the liquid, it's my signature, Grace. Um, just so People knew just in case. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty hideous.

>> Marco Timpano: Well, there you go. You know, sometimes. Sometimes the art is in the ugliness.

nidhi:  Oh, uh, sure.

>> Marco Timpano: I have a tie that I bought because it was one of the ugliest things I've seen. And I was like, I have to own that tie because it's so ugly. And it's one of my favorite ties, actually, because it was ugly to me. But when I wore it, um, I got a lot of compliments on it.

nidhi:  What. What made it so ugly?

>> Marco Timpano: I don't know. I thought it was the colors. It was like orange and gray combination. Like orange. It was like orange vertical stripes or horizontal stripes with gray in between. So it was kind of like, um.

nidhi:  That doesn't sound too bad.

>> Marco Timpano: I didn't think it was. I didn't. I thought it was pretty hideous, but I bought it and I wear it

nidhi:  and people love it.

>> Marco Timpano: People love it, so you never know, right?

nidhi:  There you go.


We'll have to see a picture of this wonderful piece of pottery that Nidia designed

I guarantee you it's not gonna be that way with this mug.

>> Marco Timpano: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So we'll have to. We'll have to see a picture of this wonderful piece of pottery that Nidia's designed. I've always wanted to take a pottery class.

nidhi:  You should.

>> Marco Timpano: You're certainly supporting. Um, you know, I love seeing, you know, when you go to different. Different places, you see the different types of pottery that. That land or that city does. I know we were in Detroit and we went to this, um, like, art deco type pottery place that made little, um. I shouldn't say little, but they made, uh, tiles.

nidhi:  Okay.

>> Marco Timpano: And they have all kinds of. I think they made vases and plates as well. And it's called. I can't remember the name of it, but I'll figure it out. It's like. Like, uh, or something like that. Yeah, it's like, got a weird. An odd name. I'LL have to look it up. But, um, we definitely bought, um, a little. Is it not. Not. It's been. They've been like 1915 or something. And we bought a little tile. It's really quite cute.


This episode of the Insomnia Project was recorded in Toronto, Ontario

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