It’s Sunday afternoon, and I just got back from San Diego, and I’ll tell you a few things in a quickie today, but first…
Scott, would you please email me or call me again? I lost your numbers, and I want to check about some of the fellas in New York who came to the club.
Isn’t that amazing, by the way, how often we all lose things? Or is it possible I’m the only complete idiot in the world who just can’t hold onto things, and who takes at least seven tries before I finally put it in the telephone book. (Scott is an old friend from high school, a great guy who lives in Sacrmento now, one of the best wrestlers our school ever produced — and our high school, under Bill Linkner, was a powerhouse champion wrestling school.)
Plus, Wendy, I’m sad to hear, but glad to hear, what happened in your marriage but how you moved through it.
I keep saying, I’m sure there’s a more efficient way to communicate with you guys, but this is the only one I know, and that one cylinder engine in my head is chugging alone about as well as it’s going to.
My wife just got back from dropping a kid off, and there are some merchants on the boulevard who’ve all brought their wares onto the sidewalk in a kind of pre-Christmas, “Hey, come take a look” idea, so we’re going down there to support them. I don’t know why I feel so bonded to them, but I guess I respect their idea to contact each other and do this on the same day, so why not, eh?
Ooh, a quickie about our zillion dollar TV that my wife got and was hooked up Friday. She and the kids were very excited about me getting home and seeing it, and they had a football game on when I walked in, and I am, after all, an actor, and I think I was appropriately thrilled.
But you know what? In the end? It’s just a TV. I’m glad we could get it, and I’m glad they love it, and I’m glad my wife enjoyed getting it and hooking it up. What’s the dough for, right? But I’ll bet you all know this. It’s like getting a new car. For the first two weeks you can’t wait to see it in the morning and get into it again, and drive it — slowly, of course — down to the dry cleaners. But after those two weeks, what happens? You know what happens.
It’s just your car. Just like the last one, and just like the next one. That’s why people who chase toys and material things their whole lives are always surprised that each new purchase doesn’t fill them up.
No, folks, I’m afraid only one thing can do that.
But it’s a new TV, and that football game sure is pretty clear.
REMEMBER: IF YOU WALKED OUT OF BED TODAY, AND YOUR WIFE HAS SOMETHING THAT MAKES HER HAPPY… IF HER HAPPINESS LASTS LONGER THAN THE NEWNESS OF THE NEW THING… THE GAME’S OVER — OR ON — AND YOU’VE WON.
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Mr. Miller,
My wife and I attended the show last night in San Diego and want to tell you how much we enjoyed your act! We laughed our %$#$ off! I look forward to seeing you on stage in the near future. Thanks for an uplifting an entertaining show!
Steve Van Loan
That’s why, when I get new “toys” I like to get things I can share with other people. That way, that good feeling you get, for the first few weeks, keeps coming back as you see other people enjoying it, too. TVs can be good for that, but only if they are significantly cooler than everyone elses and you have friends who like to come over and watch the game, or movies… or the Stooges (try them on the TV and maybe it’ll feel more worth it).
On the car front… the trick is to get a convertible and live in the Midwest. It’s a new joy every Spring when you finally get to put that top down and feel the wind in your hair (or on your head). Of course, that’s totally useless in California, where the days you can’t have the top down are so few.
Hi Larry, I served you coffee in Oceanside on your way back from San Diego. You commented on the restaurant,(Harbor House Cafe) and just wanted to tell you if you are passing by again stop in and your lunch is on me.
Good morning from the frigid north! Burrrrr it is cold up here. No snow or anything, we rarely get snow on the coast, but it is freezing cold! I really wish I could get somewhere to see your show in person! Maybe we need to see about getting you up here somehow, I’m sure you would love the area. Some friends invited me to come to their annual church holiday dinner and show last night. I consider myself more of a spiritual person than a religous one and my friend assured me that this was just a fun evening out and not a preachy sermon type thing. I am so glad I went, it was a great time! They had a comedian as the entertainment, his name was Rich Praytor, very funny guy. It is amazing how good it feels to have a good meal with nice people and then laugh yourself silly for an hour! Laughter is such good medicine! When I got home I was actually pumped up and more in the holiday spirit. So thanks for what you and so many others do to make us laugh! Enjoy your new TV, MNF on the big screen, sounds like a pizza and beer kind of night!
Hi Larry…I can remember when we saw the first Lord of the Rings dvd. The picture was so deep you felt you could walk through the screen into the shire. And that tv wasn’t even HD! Now with an HD tv I can amuse myself with how many split ends the anchorwomen have, but you’re right, it’s still just a tv. By the way our tv has a little panel in front where you can plug in your VCR.