August 2012


  • August 28th, 2012.

    Just admiring my bathroom. I’ve now been at an MVA for about three hours. This is after having been at my first MVA for two hours only to be informed I need a copy of my father’s death certificate in order to complete my transaction. This wasn’t mentioned online in the instructions for what I…

  • August 27th, 2012.

    Israel Dempsey at the Capital City Cheesecake open mic in Takoma Park, MD. “We need to talk.” There’s plenty of variations on this, but they’re very rarely good. In a relationship it’s usually the run up to a breakup. At a job it’s probably because you’re underperforming. For a regular gig, they’re probably going to…

  • August 25th, 2012.

    We wandered around the campus of a college in Chapel Hill, NC and checked out their art cows. Unfortunately, one had their bowtie stolen. It was very sad. Oh that was delicious. Hard, pummeling, almost to the point of stinging. Hot and steamy, almost to the point of scorching. One of the best showers I’ve…

  • August 23rd, 2012.

    Where the Hell did August go? I guess we’ve still got another week. More than a week even, but our next show in Maryland is September 1st and that makes the schedule feel a little more compressed than it is. Fortunately the weather has kind of calmed down and it’s not HIDEOUSLY MOTHERFUCKING DISGUSTING outside…

  • August 17th, 2012.

    Juels Bland at Capital City Cheesecake’s open mic in Takoma Park, MD. Last night I had one of those weirder dreams… I was with the crew of the Serenity on the bridge of the Heart of Gold (the new one) but with the computer from the old.  If you’re with me so far, awesome, we…

  • August 12th, 2012.

    The first thing I DID when I got home was declare my shoes dead. They did NOT fare well in all the mud and chaos, and the walking simply did them in. Thanks Zappos. They lasted eight months. Well – I didn’t expect THAT. Yesterday Kristen and I took a very round-about route down to…