Thursday, April 15, 2004  

A Very Important Lesson

Friends, I learned something last night while driving back from a show at Thomas College in Maine.

Just because a truck stop is having a special on steamed hot dogs at 2:00 am does not mean you should buy steamed hot dogs at 2:00 am. And you most certainly should not let Sam Walters talk you into "chasing" them with "the best domestic beef jerky" you can buy. My stomach feels like I swallowed a sea urchin, and my pee smells like soy sauce.

Yes, two hot dogs for a buck is a great deal. Yes, extra Tobasco is delicious on a weiner. And yes, that was very tasty jerky, though I don't get Sam's obsession with it (he buys jerky and milk, which he consumes together because, and I quote, "It makes really good mouth gravy"). But do not give into temptation, even spicy meaty temptation. Get a Vitamin Water and be happy the next day.

Incidentally, I will not be going to Stand Up New York tonight. The cost/benefit for the trip just wasn't playing out in my head. I'll catch you kids in the city on the next go-round.

Too Busy to Blog

Hey, everyone...

Great weekend. Fun shows, and travelling with Sam Walters is a hoot, despite the fact that the last two hours of the drive were spent with him on his cell phone trying to get on WEEI and talk about Pedro Martinez. Sam is something of a Sox junkie, and I'm afraid he's pretty much done the same to me. It's just one of a long list of bad influences he's been on my life, including smoking, drinking, carousing, and, as of Saturday, eating Whoppers at midnight. Next time, I'll just eat a couple of fistfulls of lard and have someone kick me in the stomach. It'll be cheaper.

So this week, I have shows hither and yon and suspect I'll be too busy to send out updates, so here's the schedule:

Tonight, the Milky Way in Jamaica Plain. 8:00
Tomorrow, Thomas College in Waterville, Maine. 9:00
Thursday, Stand Up New York in, well, New York. 9:00
Saturday, I'll be doing a private show in Springfield, Mass.