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Just a few minutes from now I hope to be the owner of tickets to see The Police and Elvis Costello at Red Rocks.

Denied.

… but they still know how to rock!

So it isn’t exactly on topic for this here blogthang, but I saw Dinosaur Jr.—an all-time favorite band—last night here in Denver.

Gorgeous night under the mile high sky. The rain held—the band had literally finished the last note of the last song when the first drops fell.

Perfect.

Except that, this morning, it sounds as if my head’s inside a fishbowl and my ears ring like someone’s holding tiny tuning forks inside them.

I imagine it’ll be days before that fishbowl thing goes away. The ringing, well that’ll be around forever.

I don’t mean to be so dismissive about this because it’s a big deal. I’ve seen far too many rock and roll shows with unprotected ears for the tinnitus to go away now.

Yep, I know… I’m a dope. These are my only pair of ears and I’m already about thirty percent deaf. I should take better care of what I have left. I can’t imagine a life without hearing music.

But it really was an awesome show!

1. Now that Neil Patrick Harris has confirmed he’s gay been Lanced, it makes his role as “himself” in Harold & Kumar a thousand times funnier. It was already the best part of the movie, but it’s off–the–charts funny now.

2. My wife and I saw the movie Stranger than Fiction last weekend. I recommend it. If you go see it, don’t expect a “Will Farrell movie.” You’ll be disappointed.

   But that’s not the point of this blurb. I don’t want to give anything away—not that it’s The Usual Suspects—but I realized that the words “I love your book” just might be some of the best words a writer hopes to hear.

3. Golf would be way more interesting to watch if it was more like UFC.

4. I can’t figure what’s worse: Madness licensing its signature song, “Our House,” to Maxwell House or the way Maxwell House’s ad agency butchered it.

   The former I can forgive, but the latter is a hideous blend of art and commerce… much like MH’s, um, coffee is a hideous blend of beans and water.

5. “The world is sometimes like plain oatmeal. Everything just seems lumpier when you don’t like it.” ∼A.S.

   If you’ve ever had plain oatmeal you understand.

6. Some people are double jointed. I wonder if anyone is double disjointed.