[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Simmons.
I'm going to assume that you all can hear me.
As he alluded, I can't really see you.
All I can see is my own face on the screen and the background
here, which you might be wondering about.
It is true, what you have heard is true.
That's a poem reference.
I bet you, many of you can get to-- what
you have heard is true.
Despite Alaska Airlines' best efforts,
I am with you here tonight.
Well, actually I'm here.
And I think--
I was actually-- after white knuckling it over a mountain
pass where it's 24 degrees, and there's a whiteout,
and there are semi trucks flashing, and piling,
and jackknifing here and there, I
thought I was going to be home and be able to join you.
But as it turns out, because of going a little more slowly,
I have pulled off in this little town.
And I'm using this back room that--
I don't know about you, but it gives me the Overlook Hotel
vibes.
You may be familiar with a movie called The Shining.
And in fact, if you look at that photograph over there,
you might be able to spot Jack Torrance, a.k.a.
Jack Nicholson.
And the favorite drink here is red rum.
So I don't know if we're going to stay tonight or keep
driving.
I'm torn.