I guess that will be me today, gang.

It is going to be such an incredibly beautiful day. And Peitor is unavailable today because he has meetings in LA. And I have my final day off of THREE days off in a row! And I don’t feel like spending it cleaning the house…

So I’m driving out to the shooting range to find out if I remember anything that I learned two weeks ago.

I’ll probably also wash my car today. Maybe take a walk later. But, for the most part, I’m going to try to just take it easy.

(Driving to the shooting range music??)

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Well, one of my cats seems to be bleeding. I’m not sure which one — I just saw the blood stains. I’m guessing there was a cat fight during the wee small hours of the night that I was blissfully unaware of.

Ever since Big Blackie was killed by that car, Little Blackie has wanted to be inside my house.

She is not my cat, but here she now is, inside — I’m guessing, eternally. And she seems to have upset a couple of the foster cats.

Kon Tiki is still officially the only cat who won’t come inside (and stay inside, I mean). I always open the door to let her in, but nowadays, she takes one look at the 722 cats in the kitchen, then she looks at me and says, “Are you out of your fucking mind? I’m outta here!” And then she heads right back outside. And then she sits and stares contentedly at the sky.

Well, some happy news!!

I officially booked the hotel room for Kara and me, for when we go see Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds on May 2nd. And — NO! — I didn’t book another no frills hotel. I booked a stupidly expensive one, but only because it is right next to the theater and has valet parking, so once we get to town, we won’t have to do anything but simply BE there. Yay!

Here it is — the Hotel LeVeque! And way down at the ground floor, to the right, you can see the tiny red vertical marquis for the Palace Theater — that’s how close it is:

And here’s the brasserie where we will likely have dinner before the show (knowing Kara, she will probably say, “Let me pick up the tab for this,” and this time, I might actually just say “okey-doke!” because I’ve seen the menu already — and the prices!!! Well. We’ll see, gang!!):

And I texted the guy down the road who looks after my cats when I’m away and he is all set to stop by here on May 2nd.

So I guess it’s really going to happen!

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ North American Tour officially begins April 15th in Boston. (Buy tickets here.)

And in similar news —

If you live in Europe, on April 7th at 8PM CET, you can watch the premiere broadcast of their Wild God concert in France, from last November. At Arte.tv and on YouTube. But it won’t be available in the US until after their North American tour is over. (Probably something to do with not wanting to cannibalize ticket sales or something weird like that…)

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Before I forget —

Here’s part 2 of James Tabor’s lecture on the Didache.

Part 2: The Didache: A Lost and Rediscovered Text of the Teaching of Jesus (43 mins):

Okay. That’s kind of it.

I want to get this beautiful day off underway!

Have a terrific Tuesday — guns or no guns — wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys.

See ya!

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Breakfast-listening music!!!! Yay!!!!!

Such a great song!! And a great song to start a beautiful day off. I sang along loudly for the cats and they seemed to really appreciate it. Why not try it at your house and see how it goes?

Sam Cooke’s legendary “Twistin’ the Night Away”. 1961. Enjoy, gang!!!!