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The Office Q and A!
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Introduction and Weather Chat
00:00:06
Logan Howard
Hello and welcome to From Dublin to Cleveland. I'm Logan Howard. I am joined by Brendan Thomas Merritt. Hopefully you're doing well on this lovely Thursday afternoon for me, evening for Brendan. ah It is ah kind of chilly and snowy here today. I got off of work as a teacher, so all of you can boo. I can hear the booing now um that you i got off of work. but
00:00:33
Logan Howard
But I did, I had a nice soft day today and I got to spend it talking with Brendan. Usually I probably wouldn't even be home until now. So it's a good deal. um So Brendan, how are you doing?
Government and Taxes Discussion
00:00:46
Logan Howard
How are things? is your Has your country finally figured out what government wants to run? Or is it going to go socialist? Is it going to go ah like NASCAR?
00:00:58
BrendanThomasMarrett
I think our country is realized that we do not need a government.
00:00:59
Logan Howard
What are we thinking?
00:01:05
BrendanThomasMarrett
Those of you who ran for your elections, congratulations if you got the votes. Sucks if you didn't stay at home. We're doing okay. We're doing fine. ah We don't need you anyway.
00:01:21
Logan Howard
We're still paying taxes over here.
00:01:24
BrendanThomasMarrett
Yes, even without it when the government's had officially not been foreign, we're still paying tax. Not quite sure how that happened though.
00:01:30
Logan Howard
yeah
00:01:31
BrendanThomasMarrett
It's like doom, no idea.
Hot Seat with Michael and Dwight
00:01:34
BrendanThomasMarrett
but
00:01:35
Logan Howard
Yeah.
00:01:36
Logan Howard
So today we're going to be doing, as you saw in the title, hot seat questions, but it's a little bit different. Brendan, how are we doing this differently than we've done before?
00:01:46
BrendanThomasMarrett
Okay, so I'm wearing a t-shirt today that says, have you tried turning it off and turning it on again? Those of you who are astute British comedy fans um will recognize that that is one of the most prolific quotes from the comedy, the I.T.
00:02:02
BrendanThomasMarrett
crowd. What is the most iconic American TV show? Friends! Not that one.
00:02:10
Logan Howard
you
00:02:11
BrendanThomasMarrett
but The other one, the one that got us through 2020.
00:02:11
Logan Howard
but
00:02:16
BrendanThomasMarrett
Okay, random little world had seen it before turning out eyes on 2020. The Elvis USA. um So today we actually have two special guests with us. We haven't had guests in the show for a while.
00:02:29
BrendanThomasMarrett
Um, probably because we've been so inconsistent with hosting it. We have barely even been here.
00:02:34
Logan Howard
So true.
00:02:37
BrendanThomasMarrett
But our two special guests are Michael Scott and the assistant to the regional manager Dwight Schrute. However, they also could not make it because of Logan Snow.
00:02:50
BrendanThomasMarrett
If the schools aren't running, you know, you can't move from under Mifflin Scranton County
00:02:57
Logan Howard
i'm sure I'm sure Strand PA has a ton of snow right now.
00:03:01
BrendanThomasMarrett
Very possibly.
00:03:06
Logan Howard
I'm sure they do, I'm sure they do. If we have so much snow, they have to have it.
00:03:12
Logan Howard
Oh yeah, they've got a national weather service for heavy snow, so you know, they could make it.
00:03:17
BrendanThomasMarrett
Send it. Get me a week off work too.
00:03:25
BrendanThomasMarrett
Oh dear, people tell you when you're a teacher all you have like are breaks and I'm like really? ah We don't know the weather you people have. Well because of the snow they're unable to make it so therefore Logan and I will be answering 35 hot seat questions on their behalf. I will be answering it from Michael Scott.
00:03:47
BrendanThomasMarrett
and Dwight for the assistant to the regional Dwight Schrute. So i take it away Broski, what's the first question?
Life Mottos in Character
00:03:59
Logan Howard
All right, so our first question today is what is your life mantra or motto?
00:04:06
BrendanThomasMarrett
Is it okay if I'm really cheeky and have two?
00:04:09
Logan Howard
Sure, go ahead.
00:04:10
BrendanThomasMarrett
um Okay, my first one would be
00:04:14
BrendanThomasMarrett
Don't ever. For any reason. Do anything. To any anyone. For any reason. Ever. No matter what. No matter where. Or who. Or who you are with. Or where you are going.
00:04:45
BrendanThomasMarrett
or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever.
00:04:57
Logan Howard
there
00:05:00
BrendanThomasMarrett
And my second one would be, would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Boat.
00:05:13
BrendanThomasMarrett
I want- I want people to be afraid of how much they love me. So I've got a do not, and I've got a do.
00:05:22
Logan Howard
There you go. We got it covered.
00:05:27
BrendanThomasMarrett
You're on, I've got you covered.
00:05:29
Logan Howard
Got it covered. um So on my end, it my life mantra is I am ready to face any challenges that might be foolish enough to face me.
00:05:30
BrendanThomasMarrett
ah
00:05:41
BrendanThomasMarrett
Ooh, very bold, very brave.
00:05:44
Logan Howard
let's All right, question number two, what is your ideal vacation?
Ideal Vacations with a Twist
00:05:52
BrendanThomasMarrett
I would say Jamaica. When I was there, I met a man named Gordo and he swam right up to the boat and gave me an awesome hat.
00:06:04
Logan Howard
Very nice. Good for you, Michael.
00:06:07
BrendanThomasMarrett
I don't remember that happening this show. This is what GPT has to say about us. I assume it's true.
00:06:13
Logan Howard
hu
00:06:14
BrendanThomasMarrett
Was there a character called Gordo?
00:06:16
Logan Howard
All right, for Dwight says this, I'm going to make my own vacation. It's called get more things done in less time and then relax while the world bows to my greatness.
00:06:32
BrendanThomasMarrett
That is so me. Not Michael Scott, the actual me.
00:06:37
Logan Howard
Yeah.
00:06:39
BrendanThomasMarrett
I think we should have reversed roles.
00:06:41
Logan Howard
but monkey There is a lot of aggressive things in here that are not me.
00:06:42
BrendanThomasMarrett
like
00:06:47
BrendanThomasMarrett
yeah
00:06:49
Logan Howard
All right. Number three, what is your happy place?
00:06:55
BrendanThomasMarrett
Chuck E. Cheese. Where a kid can be a kid.
00:06:59
Logan Howard
right
00:07:01
BrendanThomasMarrett
Chuck E.
00:07:01
Logan Howard
wait
00:07:01
BrendanThomasMarrett
Cheese.
00:07:02
Logan Howard
I remember that scene. That was funny.
00:07:05
BrendanThomasMarrett
ah
00:07:07
Logan Howard
ah um So mine is, my happy place is a field of beet crops as far as the eye can see. Pure, peaceful productivity.
00:07:19
BrendanThomasMarrett
Very advisory.
00:07:24
Logan Howard
All right, number four, what is your hidden talent?
00:07:29
BrendanThomasMarrett
Not everybody knows this, but I am an amazing fencer. But you don't get to see that because I keep my sword in my heart.
00:07:42
Logan Howard
Very good.
00:07:42
BrendanThomasMarrett
you food like
00:07:45
Logan Howard
great
00:07:46
BrendanThomasMarrett
My tattoo piece is broken.
00:07:52
Logan Howard
So my hidden talent is I can make a paper airplane that will fly across the room at 200 miles per hour. I know, I know. It's a weapon.
00:08:04
BrendanThomasMarrett
Yeah, definitely.
00:08:07
Logan Howard
What is your go-to pickup line?
00:08:11
BrendanThomasMarrett
I wish I had a hat to put on my head, but hi, I'm Dave Mike.
00:08:16
Logan Howard
yeah
00:08:17
BrendanThomasMarrett
Nice to meet me. How do you like your eggs in the morning?
00:08:26
BrendanThomasMarrett
He treated that woman like crap. But I'm so sad.
00:08:30
Logan Howard
ah specific
00:08:32
BrendanThomasMarrett
That's a lovely lady.
00:08:34
Logan Howard
oh Well, you know, I don't need a pickup line. I'm assistant to the regional manager. I'm automatically irresistible.
00:08:43
BrendanThomasMarrett
Ooh, I like the confidence.
00:08:46
Logan Howard
the
00:08:48
Logan Howard
All right. What is your favorite thing about your hometown or where you live?
00:08:55
BrendanThomasMarrett
Scranton is great. There's a reason it's called the Electric City.
00:09:02
Logan Howard
beats The soil is rich, the smell is strong, and the beets are supreme.
00:09:09
BrendanThomasMarrett
Sounds like a cult.
00:09:11
Logan Howard
but ah What is the nicest thing that someone has ever done for you?
Acts of Kindness Shared
00:09:19
BrendanThomasMarrett
When Pam made the video of everyone saying goodbye, it's the only time I've ever cried in my adult's life. Apart from the other 100 episodes.
00:09:34
Logan Howard
what ah So the nicest thing that someone has done for me is when they named me assistant to the regional manager. It's a huge honor. I did not smile though because we don't show teeth.
00:09:49
BrendanThomasMarrett
Fair enough.
00:09:51
Logan Howard
ah What is the most thoughtful gift that you have ever received?
00:09:55
BrendanThomasMarrett
And I borrowed from Ryan at Yankee Swamp. That was really expensive. um Way better than the oven mitt.
00:10:10
BrendanThomasMarrett
four like
00:10:12
Logan Howard
Well, I just am very, i thought I think the most thoughtful gift that I ever received was a full page ad in the newspaper congratulating me on becoming assistant to the regional manager. It was very thoughtful and touching.
00:10:28
BrendanThomasMarrett
Are all 35 of your answers about being assisted to read and monitor and beef or beetroots?
00:10:28
Logan Howard
like
00:10:33
Logan Howard
Beats. Yeah, it's one or the other. to mr
00:10:40
Logan Howard
What is the longest time you have spent in a moving vehicle?
00:10:44
BrendanThomasMarrett
One time while you are my passenger, I drove my car into a lake because my GPS told me to. That was a pretty long trip.
00:10:58
Logan Howard
There, there.
00:10:59
BrendanThomasMarrett
But I did get a gift basket back at the end of it, so it's worth this.
00:11:05
Logan Howard
Three days. In a car. I was transporting a shipment of beets to the warehouse. The beets were so valuable that I didn't sleep the whole time and it was all the way in California.
00:11:25
BrendanThomasMarrett
I'll believe it.
00:11:29
BrendanThomasMarrett
Pennsylvania yet to Canada and California means nothing to me, I'm sorry.
00:11:33
Logan Howard
yeah
00:11:34
BrendanThomasMarrett
The furthest it takes me to get to any place in Ireland is like five or six hours if it was traffic.
00:11:41
BrendanThomasMarrett
For me to drive three days, I'd be like out of the continent of Europe. I'd be in Asia.
00:11:48
Logan Howard
Yeah. ah What is something that you've always wanted to try?
00:11:55
BrendanThomasMarrett
being Santa Claus at a Christmas party. I would absolutely crush that role.
00:12:03
BrendanThomasMarrett
and i
00:12:04
Logan Howard
Don't want to be prison Mike.
00:12:09
Logan Howard
me
00:12:09
BrendanThomasMarrett
prison is not an ambition, it's a state of mind.
00:12:18
Logan Howard
Well, I have always wanted to try being the regional manager. It is a goal for later. Not that much later. Not that much later. be Even though patience is a key, it will happen.
00:12:32
BrendanThomasMarrett
and not shooting your employee in the ear on day one, Andy.
00:12:42
Logan Howard
What is something that you are not very good at?
00:12:46
BrendanThomasMarrett
I'm not great at improv comedy because, as you know, sometimes I commit to shooting people in my scenes.
00:12:58
Logan Howard
but
00:13:01
Logan Howard
People say that I'm not very good at dancing. I think that's only because most people can't handle the moves.
00:13:13
BrendanThomasMarrett
Why not?
00:13:15
Logan Howard
ah What is something on your bucket list?
00:13:20
BrendanThomasMarrett
To become the next best thing after sliced bread, or at least become the regional manager of sliced bread. Which is probably your ambition too.
00:13:38
Logan Howard
I want to be an assistant to the regional manager of a multi-locational beak farm. My dreams are that big.
00:13:49
BrendanThomasMarrett
Excuse me. Imagine owning a beet farm and rather than wanting to be the regional manager of it, wanting to be the assistant while someone else runs your beet farm.
00:14:03
BrendanThomasMarrett
Okay.
00:14:04
Logan Howard
but also being assistant to the regional manager.
00:14:07
BrendanThomasMarrett
An important distinction.
00:14:08
Logan Howard
You're not even the assistant regional manager.
00:14:10
BrendanThomasMarrett
and board distinction
00:14:11
Logan Howard
Yes. ah What is something we don't know about you?
00:14:19
BrendanThomasMarrett
I once accidentally kidnapped a pizza guy. Long story.
00:14:27
Logan Howard
How did that happen?
00:14:29
BrendanThomasMarrett
but Because I ordered from Alfredo's and everyone told me that they sell disgusting pizza, but I refused to pay for them. So I just held them hostage in the conference room.
Personal Reflections in Character
00:14:51
Logan Howard
Uh, I was.
00:14:51
BrendanThomasMarrett
And then Ryan did a live stream for like, you know, the big award show or the are the big opening night.
00:14:57
Logan Howard
Yeah.
00:14:57
BrendanThomasMarrett
Michael just goes something to to the fact of, you know, Ryan, I'm holding a teenager hostage.
00:15:08
BrendanThomasMarrett
And then just like puts the pizza all over the TV screen.
00:15:11
Logan Howard
Yeah.
00:15:11
BrendanThomasMarrett
but
00:15:13
Logan Howard
I once saved a man's life. I also once made a man wish he was never born. That man was the same man.
00:15:26
Logan Howard
What is one thing you wish you could change about yourself?
00:15:32
BrendanThomasMarrett
Sometimes, this is very Michael, I care too much.
00:15:42
Logan Howard
For me, it's nothing. I am perfect. I always have been, always will be. I will not change because I am perfect.
00:15:53
BrendanThomasMarrett
That confidence is good. Confidence is key.
00:15:58
Logan Howard
What is one of your strengths?
00:16:00
BrendanThomasMarrett
I'm a master of distraction.
00:16:05
BrendanThomasMarrett
The best kind of job, but you rock up and you do absolutely nothing and you still get paid.
00:16:13
Logan Howard
Very good. Me? I'm a master of multitasking. I can kill two birds with two stones while simultaneously managing a successful beet farm as well as run this company because we know Michael doesn't work.
00:16:34
BrendanThomasMarrett
There's nothing wrong with sleeping in your office. If you have an office, why wouldn't you?
00:16:42
BrendanThomasMarrett
I don't know if you might ever be complaining when a birthday party was thrown either.
00:16:43
Logan Howard
what do you yep yeah What do you like to do in your free time?
00:16:47
BrendanThomasMarrett
yeah
00:16:50
BrendanThomasMarrett
and
00:16:53
BrendanThomasMarrett
Parkour! Brilliant opening to an episode.
00:16:58
Logan Howard
That was a great one. Yeah.
00:17:01
BrendanThomasMarrett
And then they just came through the box and ours themselves.
00:17:02
Logan Howard
wow
00:17:04
Logan Howard
yeah Well, when I'm not working, I'm training for a potential crisis. As you know, we've had many crises here because as you also know, smoking saves lives. so But you never know when there's someone out there who needs to be defeated and I will take them ah i will take them down.
00:17:27
BrendanThomasMarrett
I well believe he would.
Addressing Misconceptions
00:17:28
Logan Howard
ah quick but What is a deal breaker in relationships for you?
00:17:35
BrendanThomasMarrett
If you're not willing to dance with me, even if it's spontaneous, we're done.
00:17:42
Logan Howard
you hello
00:17:44
BrendanThomasMarrett
Is that you for Michael?
00:17:46
Logan Howard
Interesting. i don't i I never knew Michael was that way. Well, for me, it's if they can't appreciate the importance of beats, bears, and Battlestar Galactica. If you can't and i understand those three things, we are done.
00:18:03
BrendanThomasMarrett
If you hadn't just said that, I was actually going to say that myself. I just remember him dressing up as him. Beats. Bears. Battlestar Galactica.
00:18:17
Logan Howard
What is a misconception that people have about you?
00:18:21
BrendanThomasMarrett
People think that I'm a bad boss, but I love my employees like they're my kids. And some of them are very bad children.
00:18:36
BrendanThomasMarrett
But I'm a very proud father, you know? I like when my children just grow up and marry each other.
00:18:44
Logan Howard
People think that I'm serious all the time, but in reality, I'm just too focused on winning to show any emotion.
00:18:54
BrendanThomasMarrett
Mmm. Good strategy. Psych out the competition.
Potluck Contributions
00:19:02
Logan Howard
What dish would you bring to a potluck?
00:19:05
BrendanThomasMarrett
I would bring a pretzel with every topping from pretzel day.
00:19:12
Logan Howard
Mmm.
00:19:13
BrendanThomasMarrett
Especially if Stanley were hosting the potluck because that's the only time they ever got along in the show.
00:19:21
Logan Howard
right
00:19:24
BrendanThomasMarrett
yeah
00:19:25
Logan Howard
said
00:19:27
BrendanThomasMarrett
Stanley! ah Barack is president! Stanley!
00:19:37
Logan Howard
I'm bringing beet salad, obviously. That's all we have.
00:19:40
BrendanThomasMarrett
Sure. He's got me two needs.
00:19:47
Logan Howard
What do you admire most in your best friend or significant other?
00:19:53
BrendanThomasMarrett
that I always laugh at my jokes, even when I'm bombing.
00:20:00
Logan Howard
That's sweet.
00:20:02
BrendanThomasMarrett
I was gonna say, that's inaccurate. Does that happen?
00:20:07
Logan Howard
Loyalty. Loyalty is everything. If you're not loyal, you're gone.
00:20:18
BrendanThomasMarrett
that is well that That's true, although Dwight could be a bit disloyal initially when he wanted to be too, when it suited him.
00:20:25
Logan Howard
yeahp What do you consider fun?
00:20:31
BrendanThomasMarrett
Watching Toby leave for Costa Rica.
00:20:37
Logan Howard
but ah Fun is an illusion. However, fun and enjoyment can be found in beating other people. It can also be found in achieving the impossible.
00:20:57
BrendanThomasMarrett
beautiful when they remind me of holly or my mom or a combination of both simultaneously which gets confusing
00:20:59
Logan Howard
What attracts you to certain people?
00:21:11
Logan Howard
Hmm. I like people who understand power and respect that power.
00:21:29
BrendanThomasMarrett
I'm just saying that speech he gave by you the workers is right. The Mussolini speech.
00:21:38
Logan Howard
Yeah.
00:21:43
BrendanThomasMarrett
yeah Who else have industry?
00:21:49
Logan Howard
What are the three most important things in your life?
00:21:55
BrendanThomasMarrett
Um, my colleagues who are not only my friends, but they are my family and they are my children. Worf.com.
00:22:06
BrendanThomasMarrett
Um, and the Dundee Awards, of course.
00:22:12
BrendanThomasMarrett
And is it bad that I'm only now realizing they're called the Dundee Awards after Dunder Mifflin? It's like, what does Dundee mean?
00:22:18
Logan Howard
yeah
00:22:20
BrendanThomasMarrett
Sometimes you have to say something out loud for just for a quick
00:22:24
Logan Howard
the most important things
Top Three Life Priorities
00:22:26
Logan Howard
to me. Jim might say, there, there it's bears, beats, Battlestar Galactica, but it's really beats, my job, and ultimate power.
00:22:41
Logan Howard
okay
00:22:42
BrendanThomasMarrett
ah
00:22:43
Logan Howard
should
00:22:46
Logan Howard
Which letter of the alphabet best describes you?
00:22:51
BrendanThomasMarrett
w W Because I'm a winner ah That's that's such a Dwight line actually that shouldn't have been given to Michael
00:23:01
Logan Howard
Yeah, that's that's a doy one. For me, as everybody knows already, from the last answer, the letter B, because bears beats past our Galactica.
00:23:09
BrendanThomasMarrett
for peace.
00:23:17
Logan Howard
Also, I am the best at everything I do.
00:23:21
BrendanThomasMarrett
Nice follow up.
00:23:24
Logan Howard
Which household chores do you not mind to do?
00:23:31
BrendanThomasMarrett
Vacuuming. It makes me feel like I'm sucking all the negativity out of my life.
00:23:41
BrendanThomasMarrett
But Let's be honest, he does keep that place as functioning solo.
00:23:45
Logan Howard
Any task that I have to have a conversation while doing it is not a chore that I like to do around the house. so I am a one man working machine.
00:24:05
Logan Howard
Yep, he does. He does.
00:24:07
BrendanThomasMarrett
If everyone else bought their job, Dwight would actually keep that office running.
00:24:13
Logan Howard
Who would you call to bail you out of jail?
00:24:17
BrendanThomasMarrett
Definitely Dwight. He has an escape plan for everything, even for jail. That actually would have been an episode worth watching. When if I make the office the movie, we'll have a prison break. Scene.
00:24:37
Logan Howard
I would call myself because, as you all know, I have a strategy to get out of everything. So I would just call myself on the way home saying, good job, Dwight.
00:24:46
BrendanThomasMarrett
yeah
00:24:50
BrendanThomasMarrett
When he's arrested and asked, you know, would you like to make a call?
00:24:52
Logan Howard
kept
00:24:54
BrendanThomasMarrett
He just calls like his own number.
00:24:56
Logan Howard
for
00:24:56
BrendanThomasMarrett
It's his own like, you know, voicemail and it's just like, job well done.
00:25:02
Logan Howard
Who would you play in a in a movie about your life. Or who would play you in a movie about your life?
00:25:14
BrendanThomasMarrett
Ryan Gosling, obviously.
00:25:21
Logan Howard
Obviously.
00:25:22
BrendanThomasMarrett
Obviously. Who else?
00:25:26
Logan Howard
Rainn Wilson, because who else could portray this amazingness?
00:25:36
BrendanThomasMarrett
I just think it's hilarious that his name is Rain.
00:25:39
Logan Howard
Yeah, it's pretty good good Who is your celebrity crush?
00:25:47
BrendanThomasMarrett
Carol. She is technically a local celebrity because she sold me my condo.
00:25:58
BrendanThomasMarrett
Okay, we're really close to get straws with some of these.
00:26:01
Logan Howard
Yeah
00:26:04
Logan Howard
See, I am above such trivial matters as celebrity crushes. People might think that it would be someone on the show. No, no, I'm above that.
00:26:19
Logan Howard
Are you more like your mom or your dad?
00:26:25
BrendanThomasMarrett
I'm more like my mom because I like to nurture and my dad because I love to win. He just gives us two answers.
00:26:38
Logan Howard
I am like both of my parents because I am the perfect combination of power and intelligence.
00:26:46
BrendanThomasMarrett
o but was wet Oh, I was surprised, you know?
00:26:52
Logan Howard
Wouldn't be surprised either way. No.
00:26:54
BrendanThomasMarrett
The straight women look like tanks.
00:26:59
Logan Howard
Who is a role model in your life?
Role Models Discussion
00:27:03
BrendanThomasMarrett
David Brent. He's the British me, but not as good.
00:27:08
Logan Howard
books
00:27:09
BrendanThomasMarrett
ah Little nod to Michael's final arc in the show, you know?
00:27:12
Logan Howard
Yeah. My role model is of course myself. Maybe Michael, because he has the job I want. But, you know, let's be honest, I also really enjoy Napoleon.
00:27:32
BrendanThomasMarrett
And why wouldn't ya? Part of all the dictators and emperors out there.
00:27:40
Logan Howard
Do you want to get married?
00:27:43
BrendanThomasMarrett
Absolutely. I want a wedding so classy that people confuse it for the Oscars. It's probably like a 10 year anniversary at the office.
00:27:55
Logan Howard
That's exactly something he would say too.
00:27:57
BrendanThomasMarrett
It is actually, yeah.
00:28:01
Logan Howard
I'm not interested in getting married unless it's to someone who can challenge me in every single way. I need a worthy opponent.
00:28:17
BrendanThomasMarrett
Is there an opponent worthy enough, though, to come against Dwight K. Shrews? I don't think so.
00:28:24
Logan Howard
Short answer? No.
00:28:27
BrendanThomasMarrett
That's all I'm saying.
00:28:28
Logan Howard
Long answer? Nope.
00:28:35
Logan Howard
What was the best thing that happened today or this week?
00:28:39
BrendanThomasMarrett
Oh, it felt amazing. I discovered that there's actually a very easy way of dealing with all of your financial difficulties. I declare bankruptcy.
00:28:55
BrendanThomasMarrett
it
00:28:56
Logan Howard
good
00:29:01
BrendanThomasMarrett
no icar i declared bankruptcy Yeah, Michael, that that didn't do anything.
00:29:13
Logan Howard
Oh, this this week I defeated Jim in Tetris. I beat his high score. Yes, I am better than Jim.
00:29:25
BrendanThomasMarrett
What I thought there'd be more Jim quotes in this.
00:29:28
Logan Howard
um what was the What was the last movie that you watched?
00:29:31
BrendanThomasMarrett
ah code
00:29:38
BrendanThomasMarrett
Varsity Blues. It's a classic. Also, I learned a lot about leadership. I've never seen that movie. I don't know if that's funny or not.
00:29:52
Logan Howard
Well, for me, I don't watch movies. I live my own action movie every single day.
00:30:03
BrendanThomasMarrett
That is probably true, taking Ryan hostage and tying him to the floor, you know? And then signing him to put a nose on him.
00:30:12
Logan Howard
What are you looking forward to?
00:30:16
BrendanThomasMarrett
My next Dundee award ceremony, it's going to be the best one yet.
00:30:23
Logan Howard
I am looking forward to the day that Michael Scott retires. That way I can finally become the regional manager and everything is as it should be.
00:30:34
BrendanThomasMarrett
Never.
00:30:37
Logan Howard
All right, and our last question.
Recent Reads in Character
00:30:39
Logan Howard
What was the last book that you read?
00:30:44
BrendanThomasMarrett
Somehow, I manage. By me. But actually, I could imagine that line in the show.
00:30:55
Logan Howard
The Art of War by Sun Tzu. It is essential for anyone who wants to rise to the top.
00:31:06
BrendanThomasMarrett
I get another very twice-caged freelancer.
00:31:08
Logan Howard
yeah All righty. Well, thank you folks for listening. Hopefully you enjoyed it. If you didn't, that's okay. And we're not going to do this every week. But hopefully it was something enjoyable for you and you enjoyed our quotes ah or chat GPT's quotes.
00:31:23
Logan Howard
I'll be honest, some of them I didn't quote directly. I made them my own because some of them were kind of not terrible, but they weren't all inclusive of what Dwight would say.
00:31:30
BrendanThomasMarrett
Classic.
00:31:35
Logan Howard
so I don't know how Brendan did his, but that was my, I took my creative liberties.
00:31:41
BrendanThomasMarrett
worst thing I think you did it more than I did because I could tell when you were doing it because you would pause for an extra second or two and I was like I see like the cogs turning in your mind. How do I rephrase that?
00:31:59
Logan Howard
All right, so we're going to get into our devotional time, our talking about God's Word.
Psalm 97 and Faith Discussion
00:32:06
Logan Howard
Brendan, what what passage do you have for us today?
00:32:12
BrendanThomasMarrett
It'll be very cheeky today, Logan. and I'm gonna look at Sam's, because you can ever have too many Hebraic songs, right?
00:32:22
Logan Howard
Never.
00:32:23
BrendanThomasMarrett
Never. So this is Sam, 97. If any of you are going through a difficult time right now, or you just feel like you're at the end of your rope, or you're wondering, is God even there?
00:32:35
BrendanThomasMarrett
Is He on my side? Can God even help me fix my problem? Can I overcome this? Listen to this bad boy.
00:32:45
BrendanThomasMarrett
The Lord reigns. Let the earth be glad. Let the distant shores rejoice. Clouds and thick darkness surround him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side.
00:33:09
BrendanThomasMarrett
His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim his righteousness and to all peoples see his glory. All the worship images or idols are put to shame. Those who boast in idols worship him, all you gods. Zion hears and rejoices, and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, Lord. For you, Lord, are the most high over all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods. Let those who love the Lord hate evil, hello,
00:34:03
BrendanThomasMarrett
For he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Light shines on the righteous enjoy and joy on the upright in heart. Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous and praise his holy name.
00:34:23
Logan Howard
Yeah.
00:34:24
BrendanThomasMarrett
Now there are elements of that which, you know, will truly come to fruition during the perilous times, the great tribulation of the Lord, you know, destroying his and our human foes and the mountains melting to wax.
00:34:46
BrendanThomasMarrett
um But in terms of, let's say, the Lord's power, just a a picture of just how amazing and mighty he is, he absolutely despises wickedness. But he loves people so much. He is never not powerful enough to deal with what you're going through. So be faithful to him.
00:35:18
BrendanThomasMarrett
he's already proven himself faithful to you hang on hold on come boldly before his throne of grace and see him as he is magnified over every situation over every lower guard every every plague every advance of the enemy every crooked scheme and he will deliver you from the hands of your nemeses and he will show himself mighty in your life as he is the most high our all in all our Jesus amen and what about you broski what do you got for god's kids today
00:36:09
Logan Howard
Amen.
Divine Themes and Human Dignity
00:36:15
Logan Howard
Yeah, so ah also in the Psalms, because again, like Brendan said, can't have enough Psalms. ah We will be in Psalm 8, which is God's glory and human dignity. Lord our Lord, how magnificent is your name through all the earth. You have covered the heavens with your majesty. From the mouths of infants and nursing babies, you have established a stronghold on account of your adversaries in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.
00:36:47
Logan Howard
When I observe your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you set in place, what is human is a human that you remember him, a son of man that you look after him. You made him a little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor.
00:37:05
Logan Howard
You made him ruler over the works of your hands. You put everything under his feet, all the sheep and the oxen, as well as the animals in the wild, the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea pat that pass through the currents of the sea. Lord our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the whole earth. So one of the things that if you ever read Romans 1, we talk about general revelation, which is that you can walk out into creation and you can see things that are made and you can understand that something made them. That it was not just by chance or happenstance or snap of the fingers or a big bang. there Everything was created by something. um We see that every day. We see it in our houses. We see it in all of our personal things. We see how that was made and formed and built by somebody. The same is true for the nature and creation around us. Somebody
00:38:05
Logan Howard
And that somebody is God created each and every one of us created all the animals gave them the ability to do crazy things if you ever seen a squirrel jump out of a tree and land and not be dead. It's an amazing thing that God gave them that ability.
00:38:22
Logan Howard
um any uh any kind of like elephants the fact that they can somehow survive with a trunk that is out in front of them and they don't have to get down on all fours like god god did an amazing thing in all of his creation and he created each and everything intentionally but not only did he do that so Not only did we create the moon, the stars, all of this stuff that we can see that are huge and big. um the The last couple of nights, at least here, ah we've had the moon and then we've had like Mars, tiny little dot below it go through.
00:39:03
Logan Howard
the moon and mars is a huge planet the moon is a huge place the earth is a huge place and when you start to think of all those things as huge places you realize how small we are we are not giants were not huge were not all these all this great.
00:39:21
Logan Howard
and mighty stuff in and of our flesh and bodies just here. But God puts glory and honor within us that is different than any other animal, different than any other created being, if different than any celestial being. We are have been given God's glory and honor upon us. We are different than them.
00:39:40
Logan Howard
um The other day I had to refute one of my students and he he meant well, but what he was saying was in essence that one of his fellow students was an animal. And I said, no, that is not true. They are not even close to being an animal. They are created by God ah for his glory and are created with honor. So you can't call anyone an animal because it's not true. They're not animals.
00:40:07
Logan Howard
They don't come from animals, they come from God. They were God created humanity special and separate and different and with more glory than he did with animals.
00:40:18
BrendanThomasMarrett
Bye.
00:40:18
Logan Howard
um There might be people out there and there are people out there who think that we originated from apes and we are just a bunch of monkeys. We are different than monkeys. We are different than anything else has been created. And God made us intentionally and specifically with the purpose of bringing honor and glory to him. So as you think about those things, God even bestowed glory in verse two from babies and infants, even the little kids that are very dependent on their parents and other people to take care of them. God covered and he gave them
00:40:57
Logan Howard
majesty and glory and honor in just a little baby. He came as a little baby. um So all of those things have that majesty and glory within them.
00:41:09
Logan Howard
And his stronghold is established from there. His his purpose, his glory, his honor is established within us.
00:41:15
BrendanThomasMarrett
That's right.
00:41:17
Logan Howard
And our job is to go and spread that glory to everyone else. So when we do something really well, we are showing the glory that God gave us to other people. There are a lot of people that, and maybe even as you're sitting here thinking about this, maybe you're one of these people.
00:41:36
Logan Howard
because I've been there, where we hide our glory. We veil it. We put it behind a veil. We say, we're not going to show it off. So maybe you're you know sitting at a bus stop or sitting at a train stop or sitting at any kinds of thing and you are not engaging with anyone else and you don't really care that they see your glory and the amazingness that you are. Now, does that mean you need to go up and stand on a park bench and be like, what am I doing? No, but We avail our glory all the time. We're always hiding it from other people. And one of the things that God gave us was this glory to be shown to others. We're not supposed to hide it. So even if other people hide your glory, they diminish the things that you do. They say that you're not good enough, you're not this, you're not that.
00:42:16
Logan Howard
remember that about who who and what God says about you. He says that you are created different, you are created glorious, and you're created as with glorious purpose, as Loki had.
00:42:29
Logan Howard
Loki had a glorious purpose. um We have glorious purpose, and our glorious purpose is to bring honor glory to God in everything we say and do. So I probably lost everybody with the Loki comment, but...
00:42:41
Logan Howard
friends
00:42:41
BrendanThomasMarrett
I'm going to ignore the rest of those endings.
00:42:47
Logan Howard
like
00:42:47
BrendanThomasMarrett
I like where it's going.
00:42:48
Logan Howard
So we are created for glory. We are created from our birth for glory. And don't don't hide it behind a bushel. Don't hide your light. We only get our light for a little while here on this earth. and if So if we use that that light well and we have accepted Christ as our Savior, we'll get to have that life eternally with Him. But if we hide it now and we reject God now,
00:43:13
Logan Howard
Our light is just gonna get blown out one day and it's never gonna come back. It's gonna be gone and we're gonna spend an eternity in a place where we deserve to be. But thankfully, God has given us a way and his merciful and majestic way of not living an eternity in hell, so.
00:43:31
BrendanThomasMarrett
And.
Closing Remarks and Gratitude
00:43:32
Logan Howard
Thank you all. Let me close this in prayer and then I'll send us on our way. So dear Lord, we thank you for this day. Lord, I'm thankful for each and everyone who's listening. I'm thankful for Brendan. I'm thankful for his time um and his willingness to ah take time to talk about God's word, to be silly, to be fun. And I just pray that you would help our listeners, that you would help them to be working in their hearts. You help them to enjoy um enjoy what we do. Because again, this is not about us. It's for your honor and glory.
00:44:01
Logan Howard
And so we pray that you would help this to go forward to bless others, to help each of those who listen to be blessed, um help them to finish their days well, ah either day, wherever they're at today, finish that well, and to give all the honor and glory to you in Jesus name, amen.
00:44:21
BrendanThomasMarrett
Amen. and
00:44:23
Logan Howard
Well friends, as always, you can find us at From Double into Cleveland at gbell.com. I still have that email active. I will still answer your email if I ever get one. So it is up there, ready to go.
00:44:35
Logan Howard
my
00:44:35
BrendanThomasMarrett
that of
00:44:36
Logan Howard
I won't, unfortunately, because I'm not doing social media. I don't get to post it on Facebook anymore, so we may have less people listen to it, but I do know there are people who subscribe to us to listen, so we will have listeners. So continue listening. We appreciate each and every one of you. Have a wonderful rest of your day. Anything you want to close out with, Brendan?
00:44:55
BrendanThomasMarrett
No, that's, that's good. That's good.
00:44:58
Logan Howard
Very good, very good. We'll see you all next time. Bye, friends.
00:45:03
BrendanThomasMarrett
So I'm not too current yet.