He said he was a spaceman and that he'd come a long way to visit Earth.

I shook his hand and welcomed him to our planet.

He thanked me, took off his helmet, and looked around.

“It looks a lot different since the last time I was here,” he said.

“How long has it been since you were last here?” I asked.

“A while,” he said. “Too long, I guess.”

“Yeah, things change quickly these days,” I said. “Kinda hard to keep up.”

We sat for a while, drank a few beers, and watched the stars.

“Too long,” he said.

From SXSW: An interview with Gary Leland of Podcast Pickle.

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