Jackson

Jackson                                       6052  (2112)

Sunday, November 12, 2006-2:10 A.M.

Hello from Jackson, Michigan, home of the Jackson Comedy Club.  I headlined a show this evening with feature act Jesse James Lundy, guest performer Kate Brindle and MC Chris Young.  Our crowd was small but spirited, and I had fun in my closing role, despite a 7-hour drive across Canada and into Michigan.

My weekend originally included a Friday show, but the club hasn't been drawing well, so they cut the Friday show.  It's a shame, because it's a really nice room with good sound and lights, and also I really could have used the money this week.  I took my car in to (finally) get my New York State inspection, and the repairs necessary to get it up to snuff were $600-some-odd dollars (before tax) which put an ass-whuppin' on the family finances.  I actually took my wife's car to the gig this weekend because we couldn't really afford to get my car out of the shop without taking all our scratch....I needed X amount of money for gas, so I wound up taking the Mazda, which doesn't get as good a mileage as my Corolla.

The only thing that really brought a smile to my face this week, other than having good quality time with my wife and daughter, was the election results on Tuesday and the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld.  I have had an itchy asshole about that guy ever since the "hillbilly armor" story broke, and this prick had the audacity to say that you go to war with the army you have, not the one you hope to have.  For the billions of dollars being funneled into the war effort, you'd think the soldiers would have the armor on their person and vehicles that they would need......but I don't want to get into a long political dissertation.  All I know is that payback is a bitch, and with the majority party now in the minority, I look forward to seeing some radical shit coming down the pipe.

I've got a 6 or 7 hour drive in front of me tomorrow, so I'm gonna keep this brief and catch some sleep.  But before I go, I want to mention something.  I notice that there is a trend that's been going on for some years, and it started in e-mail and spread to websites like "myspace" and the like....it's the personal information quiz.  I don't know who writes these things, but they are more often trite than not and while I want to answer them, I can't bring myself to answer questions like "what's your favorite color?" and "what is the last thing you ate?"  If you really want to know, my favorite colors are the Buffalo Bills team colors, Scarlet Red, Royal White and Navy Blue, and the last thing I ate was some Burger King chicken nuggets (the only food I could find this late at night, Steve).

So I thought, why not go ahead and answer a quiz, but the questions would be provided by folks who read my blog.  So I submit to you, my faithful readers....what do you want to know?  I'll assemble the first 20 questions and answer them, and then pass the quiz along into the ether, where people will answer for themselves or delete at their discretion.  So when you write a question, don't direct it at me, but at anyone who would want to answer such a question.

That's it.  Nappy nap time.

Ralph Tetta

Rochester, NY