Lights Out

Lights Out                                                                  1487

Thursday, August 18, 2005-1:37 P.M.

And a pleasant good day to you, my journal-reading friend, as I report from rainy Germantown, Wisconsin.  Tonight, it's back to work for your friend Ralphie T. at Giggles Comedy Pub here in Milwaukee.  Last night, Ray Salah and I did the pal-around thing with Chris Barnes, Kevin Bozeman, and Mick Laczinski, three of Wisconsin's finest (I would have said Milwaukee's Best, but Mick's moving to Vegas and Kevin lives in Chicago).

Tuesday night in Rockford, Illinois was fun, as it always is, and on the way back, Ray and I hit yet another thrift store, and now we have so many boxes of books to cart home, I'm fearing for the space issue in my car.  My trunk is practically empty, but we're gonna need all the room we can get.  The good thing is that they continue to sell, so we're not going to bring all of them home, but most of them.  I was reading in a local newspaper that there are 13,000 people in the Milwaukee area who sell on eBay for their full or part-time living, so with Ray and myself added to the mix, you can make that 13,002...

I'm running a pool on one of the comedy chatboards regarding the next "victim" of the Comedy Central Roast series.  So far, there have been some good picks...I chose Damon Wayans, and other choices have included Adam Sandler and Jon Stewart.  If you're interested in knowing more, e-mail me at YuksOnMe@aol.com and I'll give you the details.  So far, it's just bragging rights, but if enough people want to do it, I'll have everyone chip in a buck and the winner takes all.

I continue to miss my pretty wife and daughter, and things at home are stressful at best for Pam.  I guess there was an electrical problem at the house while I was gone, and now two of the rooms in our five-room apartment are without lights.  There's an electrician coming today, but I still wish I was there to help and lend moral support, instead I'm out here having a party and blowing up balloons.  That's not entirely true, but yesterday, a guy who was at the show in Rockford saw me at the hotel I was staying in, and he works for a vending company so he loaded Ray and me up with chips, cookies, and other snacky delights...all the things I shouldn't have.  When I told Pam about it, she said "You ARE having a party, you bastard!"  Funny how far chips and cookies go when you're partying....

O.K., work beckons.  More updates tomorrow, and have yourself a wonderful day!

Ralph Tetta

Rochester, NY

P.S.  T.L. Johnson still owes me $10 and his mama stank.