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Maggi and his wife bought the house in 2020, when they and their adult children were going stir-crazy amid the pandemic.

In 2021 and 2022, American consumers, stir-crazy from COVID-19 lockdowns and armed with government relief checks, went on a spending spree, ordering furniture, sports equipment and other goods.

Ben had this idea, in order to stave off going stir-crazy and for us to be able to still connect musically with one another, why don’t we try this experimental telephone-style of writing.

And, to keep from going stir-crazy as they wait for the lesions to heal, they bond over a shared experience none of them asked for.

Kaplan added, “To put a whale in a concrete tank is very much like putting a human in solitary confinements. It is torture. It is taking an animal out of its element. They get stir-crazy.”