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what would you talk about with the son of god as you both sip some fresh brewed coffee? coffee with jesus is a comic strip that’s been online for more than a few years thanks to radio free babylon. the first time i saw it was on mark copley’s facebook wall. heck, i used to post links on the homer’s blog. this morning as i was drinking my coffee, i realized it never made it onto my own blog… UNTIL NOW!

according to legend, the little boy with the big hand lived near a nuclear power plant. when he was a baby, everyone pretended not to see his oversized right hand, but as he grew older he became self conscious & covered it with a bag. instead of hiding his abnormality, the bag made people suspect him of robbing convenience stores & shoplifting... ok, so i made that part up. awkward family photos posted this pic on their instagram page & i didn’t see why it made the cut until i read the caption “i had very large hands as a child.” for the record, there are WAY more awkward photos on the website.

we waited for the alignment of planets, then we synchronized our watches, and triangulated our positions for another MOTEL MANCINI gig. chris, clay, and i recently came across a couple of opportunities to play, so we’re joining forces again. look out kansas city!

heather: “what did you get me for my birthday dad? do you remember what i asked for? please tell me that you bought that salt-n-pepa CD that has push it!” you know how much i love that song!”
dad: “oh honey, i got you something even better!”
heather: “tickets to the concert?!? you know they’re coming to kansas city in two months–”
dad: forget about salt-n-pepa & feast your eyes on your new smoke-n-grill! we’ll never have to eat un-smoked meat again!”

this was a deleted scene from mystery men where tom waits is watching TV with a nursing home resident… and then he propositions her. it’s also the reason i crack up when someone says “bonus.”

when i glanced down at the truck’s odometer and saw that every digit was a 1, i had to pull over. it reminded me of the time i was riding around with phil hawthorn in his dad’s cadillac. we watched the numbers on the odometer right when they hit 91,000 miles. when the last zero rolled up, phil started singing the theme to the tonight show.

aaahhh, last week the highs were only in the 60′s, but today it’s supposed to warm up to the mid 80′s, yep october is here & fall is knockin’ on our door! hold on a second, that’s not right.

years ago, i remember hearing someone say “did you ever notice that every character tony danza plays on TV, is also called tony?” most of us remember seeing him first as a boxer/cabbie in the 1970′s as tony banta on taxi…a few years later he was cast as tony micelli in a series called who’s the boss that ran from 1984-1992. in that show he played a retired baseball player turned housekeeper…this year he came back in a netflix series called the good cop. his character, tony caruso, is an ex-cop who did jail time for a corruption conviction (i’ve watched 4 episodes & so far the show hasn’t explained the details of the actual charges) he is currently living with his son TJ, who has a spotless record & actually is a good cop. ahhhh tony tony tony.

dry feet, sunset, wet feet. before the week was over we saw one adult and two children go all the way into lake michigan. i’m pretty sure they came out looking like smurfs. even though the water temp was never above 68 degrees, we can’t wait to go back.

space? big deal. that’s how frank borman felt when he orbited the moon in 1968. i found this out on a recent episode of this american life. during the interview, borman says he couldn’t have cared less about being in space– he was more concerned with beating russia to the moon. so over the moon is one of my favorite stories yet. on a more exciting note, my friend matt hawkins bought a space helmet and jammed like a bluegrastronaut this weekend!