Tuesday, June 13th, here we are.

They said this day would never come.

I don’t know who, but somebody said we would never hit Tuesday, June 13th, 2023.

And that person was wrong because that’s exactly what day it is.

I also listened to an episode of your daily Lex recently where I thought I sounded a little bit mushy mouth, which I know is a not uncommon complaint from time to time.

And people say they like my voice, but then sometimes, yes, I’m aware I talk fast, but other times, even with the fastness acknowledged that sometimes I can get a little mushy, marbly mouth, and today I’m going to attempt not to be mushy, marbly mouth, but because I don’t do retakes, I promise nothing other than greatness.

Your daily Lex.

Thanks in large part to the, uh, to the assistance of Jason Snell, the internet’s own Jason Snell.

I now have a Wikipedia page.

So I spend too much time in my life and on this podcast talking about, uh, Fridman.

Uh, but the problem is, you know, Lex Friedman has been my name my entire life.

I was always very Google-able.

I was the Lex Friedman.

I was Lex Friedman in podcasting.

And then this other dude came along who I think is mostly kind of a crappy human and people think I’m him.

Many people who know me truly, many people who know me through the internet or through my work, uh, assume that we are one in the same, which we’re not.

When I was complaining, uh, on Mastodon, I posted a screenshot of my attempts to, uh, use the, uh, Wikipedia talk page.

That’s where editors can discuss what should or shouldn’t happen on a Wikipedia, given Wikipedia page.

I discussed this idea of, Hey, let’s, uh, let’s add a not to be confused with Lex Friedman to this page.

My headline was clarification on who Lex isn’t.

And I wrote, given that there’s another podcaster and human named Lex Friedman spelled with the E in the last name, is it worth adding a not to be confused with Lex Friedman to this page?

And, um, the very first response was Lex Friedman spelled my way is a red link.

And Jason, like me, uh, bridled at this idea that a red link is gross.

Red link is Wikipedia slang.

It appears for somebody who doesn’t have a Wikipedia page.

Um, so if something is linked on Wikipedia, but there is no article for that link, uh, then it’s in red.

All articles are in blue many, many years ago.

Uh, somebody proposed a Wikipedia page about me and it was deemed not necessary.

Uh, but Jason created one, uh, last week, uh, maybe last Friday and, uh, he put it up as a stub.

A couple other people edited it, I believe.

And, um, right now it’s short.

It talks about my career in podcasting and, uh, it lists a couple of my books.

It’s very kind.

Um, and, uh, it’s so far hasn’t been taken down, which is also very kind of the Wikipedia editors and my page at the top says not to be confused with Lex Friedman and his indeed says not to be confused with Lex Friedman.

I think that’s good.

My real hope is that because there’s no Wikipedia page with my name on it, that, uh, at some point we can get Google to stop recommending.

If you search for me, did you mean the other guy?

I don’t know if we’ll get there, but that’s the dream things that aren’t on my list.

You’re not supposed to edit your own Wikipedia page.

I don’t know if it’s against the rules.

I know it’s against the etiquette of Wikipedia.

Do I think that the Wikipedia page of me should have a photo of me?

Yes.

Do I think you should reference my albums both solo and with my son, Liam?

Yes.

Uh, is it okay that it doesn’t?

Of course.

Yes.

The most important thing is that the Wikipedia page exists thus far.

And if any jerky Wikipedia editors are listening, I think this page shouldn’t exist.

Come at me.

I mean, don’t just leave it alone.

Just leave it alone.

Uh, but I’m proud.

Like it’s not a dent in the universe.

It’s maybe a fender bender in the universe.

The scratch, a scratch on the paint coat of the universe, but it’s there.

There’s something and I’m, I’m proud.

Um, also I saw in the news yesterday that Pat Sajak has announced he’s stepping down as the host of wheel of fortune.

I would love that job.

I think I’d be pretty good at that job.

Get to meet a lot of people, get to keep a game moving, get your host, make occasional jokes.

I’d love that job.

I don’t think I’m going to get that job.

I did spend probably 20 minutes this morning thinking, should I write a song and make a video to apply to be the host of wheel of fortune?

And I decided no, but I was mentioning this to Liam and he’s like, there’s nothing that rhymes with fortune.

And I’m like, Liam, there’s so many things that rhyme with fortune, torch in scorching.

If you annoy me, I’m going to kick your porch in.

And he’s like, well, there’s no real words that rhyme with fortune because really it should be torching and scorching.

And I’m like, well, really it should also be wheel of fortune.

And he disagreed, but I thought it was funny.

Anyway, it is Tuesday is June 13th.

And I hope you and all of the people close to you have wonderful days, people far from you, they’re on their own.

Lex.