Everyday I Write The Book

Everyday I Write The Book                                 1404

Thursday, August 4, 2005-4:44 P.M.

Well, I'm back from my damaged car's inspection at Nationwide insurance, where they sent me away with a check to cover the unintentional body work that was performed on my Toyota Corolla last week en route to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  Happily, the check is just a little more that what I thought the total value of my car was, which means basically that it was worth more than I thought, which is good.

The problem is that I have to drive it in it's dented and damaged state to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and then on to Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin...but the good folks at Valley Cadillac (the host body shop of Nationwide Insurance in Rochester) are going to bang out a bubblegum and spit repair so's I don't get an equipment violation out in the nation's dairyland.  Hooray for me!  Still, that means getting up at 8:00 A.M., a decidedly comedian-unfriendly time of the morning.

Today was another day towards moving Harmony into her new room.  I have about 200 books on comedy that I need to condense into a small bookcase, which means some volumes are going to go the way of the albatross.  I have a book of portraits of comedians, signed by Victoria Jackson of Saturday Night Live and Jeff Altman, veteran of over 40 Late Night with David Letterman programs...I wonder if it's worth anything?  Some items might find their way onto e-bay, so keep your eyes peeled.  Or make me an offer...chances are if you're looking for a book on comedy, I've got it.

Pam and Harmony and I are going to my mom's place now for bragiole...I haven't had it in about 10 years, so I'm pretty excited.  I'll report later to let you know if Mom still knows her way around a kitchen.  We'll see.

Blessings and glad tidings to you!

Ralph Tetta

Rochester, NY