I have to say, gang, I am SO glad that I not only have today off, but that I also ran whatever errands I needed to run over the weekend, because I so don’t want to go out there today.

The snow looks pretty, but it is once again 9 degrees Fahrenheit out there. While here inside, the milk house heater is giving the regular heat a cozy boost, and of course, CHRISTMAS stuff is all over the place!!

So I am really looking forward to just hanging around indoors today. Plus, the drive to and from town for my shift yesterday evening was so fucking stressful — snow, ice, 12 degrees Fahrenheit (for 22 miles, in the dark).

I was ready to collapse when I walked in the door — HOWEVER!

The minute I did walk in the door, Valerie in Brooklyn texted me to alert me that Britbox was finally offering “new” episodes of “Mrs. Brown’s Boys”!!! Yay. (She and I both watch the old episodes over and over and over, and I was planning to watch yet another old episode before calling it a night.) ( By “new” it just means that Britbox hasn’t offered them before.)

So, wow. That was a great way to end a stressful Sunday night! I watched 2 episodes of “Mrs. Brown’s Boys” that I had never seen before! (While Valerie was watching the same episodes over in Brooklyn, so it was almost like hanging out with her. Almost.) (Also, please remember to keep her in your prayers. Her heart surgery is Thursday.)

(A short clip from one of the older ones that I’ve probably seen about 10 times already.)

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Today should be a really good day.

I was planning on doing some housecleaning, but I’ve decided to just do the laundry and leave the rest until Thursday, because–

Yay!

The contract for The Curse of Our Profound Disorder arrived yesterday from the publisher!! So I want to read that over today and get it back to her.

And then I want to finally sit down and watch “Modi”!! I can’t wait.

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This was on the Allen Ginsberg Instagram page yesterday and it sort of fits in with my 12th Street project.

Allen Ginsberg lived about a half a block away from me, on E. 12th Street, back in the 80s. And all the photos I’ve seen over the years that were taken from inside his apartment — his apartment looked a lot like how mine did. (The apartments in the East Village were tenement walk-ups, built in the late 1800s.)

I’m guessing that, all these decades later, they’ve “renovated” his old apartment the same way they did mine — i.e., took all the life out of it.

Anyway:

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And from Ross A Waterman on Instagram!

Nick Cave (smoking) and Blixa Bargeld in 1997!

Photographer Ross Waterman has been posting lots of photos recently of the Bad Seeds in Melbourne. I’m guessing he’s getting ready for the Bad Seeds to return to Australia in just a few weeks!!

Buy tickets HERE.

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Other than that–

I’m really worn out here. Again. As usual, I seriously need a vacation. But instead of taking a vacation — which the Agency would happily give me without pay — I’m hanging in there until 2026, when I am going to retire.

And then I will take a moment to finally collapse, and then spend the remaining years writing. (And, well, going camping. And shooting guns.)

But until that happens, I am just so worn out, gang. So I want to try to take it really easy today, before the 10-hr. shift resumes tomorrow. Plus I want to do all the grocery shopping for Christmas Eve tomorrow, too (when my new friend Johnny will be coming to my house for the first time!). I don’t want to leave it all until next week, and then have to deal with all the crowds in the grocery store and then maybe they’ve run out of everything I want, etc.

So today should be a really nice easy day. We’ll find out!! (And remember– I probably won’t be posting here tomorrow.)

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Meanwhile, enjoy your Monday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Another great one from “A Very Special Christmas” — the first album, from 1987.

U2 doing a great version of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”. Enjoy, gang!!