So in what can only be called an unmistakable billboard on the road to old age, I threw my back out on Thursday morning. As in I-am-completely-unable-to-move thrown out. Something tells me I'm going to be paying for playing high school football for the rest of my life.
As enduring stabbing back pain is about as diametrically opposed to a good mood as the human mind can get, I struggle to think of something funny to brighten up the week on No Politics Friday ™. So I have two quick comments/requests/whatever for the regulars.
First of all, I don't have any pretensions of being Famous on the Internet. 28 long years of real life have taught me that I am an acquired taste. Approximately 1 out of every 500 people I meet will enjoy me. However, I've been trying to spread the gospel of ginandtacos for the last couple of months, and it's given me some sense of purpose (which helps tremendously with my actual for-paychecks work) to know that more than 2 people read this. Those of you who are regular readers, I ask a favor: spread the word. Tell a friend. Or an enemy. And, if something on here really amuses or entertains you, it's very helpful for you to submit it to whomever is doing the Crooks & Liars Blog Roundup for the week. I've gotten a few plugs in there and it's been very beneficial.
Second, any of you who live in Bloomington…I encourage you to come out and celebrate Ed Turning 29 at a guaranteed-to-be-awesome Halloween themed cover show at Fester's on Kirkwood. The date is Saturday, 10/27. My band will be performing a cover set as McLUSKY. It will possibly be the bestest thing ever. It will be packed (although not with people who care that it's my birthday; I could comfortably hold a birthday party in a phone booth) and it will warm my heart if anyone comes out to toast me getting old. Other great bands will be performing cover sets as AT THE DRIVE-IN and THE CURE. Half-priced admission to anyone in costume. Huzzah!