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Happy Monday!

1. I am naming this week, “Mike sure has a lot of writing to do!”  Here’s a list. Lists are great for people who are too lazy to construct a paragraph.

-The silly little book. One day I will finish this thing. It most likely will not be in the next seven.

-A story for this Sunday’s Rockstar show at the BLB. The story needs to be in the mystery or horror genre.  I have nothing. In a perfect world, I could combine the book I’m writing with this gig. But since what I’m writing is in no way a horror or mystery, I yet again have proof that the world is not perfect and is in fact out to get me.

-Rehearsals for the Holiday show at the BNW begin this week. which means lots of brainstorming which means sketch ideas which means sketches.

I’m actually really looking forward to this week. It will be stressful, but well worth it. Because let’s face it. Writing is hard but it’s not as hard as selling vacuums door to door. Can you imagine that shit? Come on.

Mike

Happy Friday!

1. For those of you who remember my NAPA auto parts ad from a year ago* and have been wondering when, if ever again, you were going to see such subtle and moving on camera acting, fear not. I just shot another one this morning.  It was great fun and Comcast has been really great to me over the last few years. Keep an eye out for it! And take notes. It’s rare that you get to watch a master at work.

2. I’ve really gotta get going on that cookbook. I’ve been plucking along adding a recipe here and a recipe there, but if I want this thing to be done sometime within the next decade, I need to get a move on.

3. Did anyone catch Hell’s Kitchen last night? No? Must be because that show’s retarded! OUCH!

*Need a refresher? Check out my video page!

Happy Thursday!

1. Well, tonight’s the first preview for All I Want For Christmas Is 700 Billion Dollars. Per usual I am filled with nerves but not really nervous. Might I suggest you check out this preview so that you can see this show in all its weird glory. Seriously, this show is really, really goofy. Check it out homies!

2. Recently, my website has been nailed with spam comments.  Well, maybe they’re real comments and I just don’t know what 8Whf49*! means. Maybe 8Whf49*! is this year’s LOL.  Peggy Larson, in my haste to delete all of these comments, I deleted one of your comments. Sorry.

3. Thanks to those of you who have chimed in about whether the cookbook will appear via website or actual booky book form. It’s a tough call. Others, please feel free to chime in.

Byee for now!

Mike

Happy Wednesday.

1. I just don’t take the sun going down at 5 in the afternoon very well. It’s all I can do to will one leg in front of the other in order to glumly make my way through the day. It’s weird. I love fall, the leaves on the ground, the barren trees, the cooler temps and the girls in their sweaters but come 430-445 this sense of doom falls over me and by 530 I just want to collapse no matter where I am and sleep or sob.

I should buy some UV lights and rig them so the second I open the door to my home I am blasted with all its UV goodness.

2. On the plus side, I made some awesome turkey burger sliders yesterday.  The trick is to make the patties super duper thin. Just do it. You’ll never regret it.  Yum City! The only problem was that I didn’t have any pickles to go with the burgers.  Sliders without pickles are just…well, they’re just not as good.  So there you go. Make em’ thin and put pickles on the bun. It’s that simple.

Happy Tuesday!

1. The little Chicago warrior is in town! yippee! She sure is the neatest.

2. I am in tech for the BNW’s latest Holiday Extravaganza, All I Want For Christmas Is 700 Billion Dollars; Our 50th Noel. This is going to be one heck of a good show! If you like Santa, tampons, cooks, elves and boobies mixed with your pine scented potpourri then this show will be right up your alley.  Previews start this Thursday.

3. For those of you who are wondering if the cookbook is still on, it is. I am just ridiculously busy right now. It’ll happen. Maybe it’ll be a website? Yeah. Maybe.