Back to Laid Back


We're back in Austin. Got here just a few hours ago. Austin has the reputation as a laid back kind of place, and it's well deserved. New York has a reputation as exactly the opposite of laid back. What would that be...leaned forward? I don't know, but it's well deserved too. It's a great place, but I have to admit that by Thursday the incessant noise and unending crowds started to get on my nerves. I'll write up more of exactly what we saw and did, just not right now. I'm too tired.

Dave's Show

Well, I hope you don't stay up tonite (or didn't stay up last nite depending on when you read this). The show was pretty lame. Gary Sinise, JoAnn Carson, and Jim Norton. JoAnn Carson is the first ex-wife of Johnny Carson. Not so good. Gary Sinise is pretty lame all the time. Jim Norton is a stand-up comic, and he's pretty good.

Dave and Paul were good, and so was the band. They didn't even ask me to come up on the stage and tell them about Flava Flav. Doesn't matter that I didn't tell them, they should've known. I tell ya, the air's pretty thin up here ;-)

Tomorrow I think we're going to Central Park, because the leaves have turned. It should be really great.

I Have Reached the Summit!


Yes, it's us and Flava Flav. Funny how you just run into these folks. Actually, the Goddess and I were visiting my daughter at her office at VH1, when Flava and his entourage showed up for a "meet and greet." So, we greeted and meeted. Yes, that's a Viagra jacket he's wearing. Oh my!

We're still in NYC. Last night we went to see Rent. It was very good. Today we took a tour of Downtown Manhattan, and saw all the requisite sites. This place really is the Capital of the World. So far, I've had the opportunity to speak English, German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese (or at least a reasonable facsimile). By the way, Flava speaks English.