Well, dear readers, Kritzerland 133 went very well, despite the smaller than usual crowd. I had a long chat with the guy who runs the club, and he told me the last six months have been rough, with people just not coming out to the shows. We did end up with about seventy people, but in that room that’s just not good – and a lot of those were comped covers, and that’s just not good either. But they were a good audience, seemed to love the show, and we all had a lot of fun. The cast knocked it all out of the park, I had a good time with the patter, and everyone loved that Richard’s granddaughter was a surprise singer. We sold nine books and several CDs, so that was good. Anyway, not quite ready to give up on the shows, but I think we’ll keep looking for a new venue that makes sense for our kind of show. I had my usual Caesar salad before the show. Here’s a photograph of our wonderful cast.

After the show, I signed books and chatted with a lot of folks. Then I came home and ordered a small pizza and that arrived quickly, and I ate all of it – tiny as it was. Prior to all that, despite a somewhat rough night, when I did finally get sleep, I slept for over eight hours. I had a muffin and took pills. Then I did some banking, came back home, did stuff on the computer, and then I went to shave. The water was cold and never turned hot – not good. And I remembered on Monday that I had to turn the shower on much hotter than usual – well, pilot light out and only cold water. Happily, Grant was next door, and he came over and re-lit the pilot late. By that time, I had to really hustle. Because it would take about thirty minutes to heat up the water, I shaved in tepid water. About ten minutes later I took a shower – still bit tepid, though. I don’t like tepid. And I was in the motor car exactly when I wanted to be. I got to the club about4:40, then we did our sound check, which took a bit over an hour. And the rest you know.

Today, I’ll be up when I’m up, I’ll do whatever needs doings, I call Amazon because a small package was delivered here, and someone clearly stole it while I was at the club – they got a $3.00 plastic pill carrier – hope they’re happy and that they rot in hell for doing it. I’ll eat, then rest, go to the mail place, then to rehearsal. Then I’ll come home.

Tomorrow, I have to see the eye doctor, then I can rest. Saturday, we have a morning rehearsal, Sunday and Monday we’re off, and Tuesday and Wednesday we rehearse, then we have two weeks off.

Let’s all put on our pointy party hats and our colored tights and pantaloons, let’s all break out the cheese slices and the ham chunks, let’s all dance the Hora or the rhumba, for today is the birthday of our very own dear reader Ginny. So, let’s give a big haineshisway.com birthday cheer to our very own dear readers Ginny. On the count of three: One, two, three – A BIG HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY CHEER TO OUR VERY OWN DEAR READER GINNY!!!

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up when I’m up, do whatever needs doing, call Amazon, eat, rest, go to the mail place, rehearse, and come home. Today’s topic of discussion: Have you had Amazon packages stolen – this one’s a first for me and it’s really irritating. I get certain packages here and sometimes they sit out there for eight hours without a problem – until yesterday’s thievery. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy to have had a fun Kritzerland 133.