We arrived and got one of the last parking spaces on the roof and got in line to enter the club. Doors opened at about 6:30 and we got prime seats right up next to the stage.
We proceeded to order drinks and dinner. Paula had a glass of Sauvignon Blanc and I had Chardonnay. We should have just ordered appetizers. We had way too much food for the two of us to eat.
The club holds about 100-150 seats. Tables are small but not uncomfortably so. Food service was decent, though a bit pricey. There was a requirement that everyone buy at least two items on the menu. Fair enough.
The headliner last night was Paul Reiser, best known for his appearances in "Mad About You" and more recently in "Stranger Things".
He did a couple of very funny bits. One was about a dead goat on the beach and the discussion he had with his wife about how said goat came to be there. That led into more discussion about conversations with ones significant other. Very funny.
There were also three warm-up acts. The names of which escape me. Luckily for me I found a scrap of paper in my pocket that listed the performers.
While we were waiting for the show to start, they were running a slide show of the many artists that had appeared at the venue. Alas, many of the stars pictured there were dead. There were pictures of Robin Williams, George Carlin and many more gone too soon.
They also have displays of comic trivia on display, costumes and the like, some recent and some not so recent.
Apparently, Jay Leno does a regular gig there on occasional Sundays. That might be worth going to see.
Seems like we spent a small fortune including sitter for Mary, dinner and show, but it was worth it. We'll probably do it again. Maybe one of the days when Jay Leno is performing.
I have been working on catching up on some posts that have been sitting in my 'Draft' folder for a while. I started this post about six months ago.
So Wednesday morning we have our senior Bible study at Ocean View Baptist Church. Sometimes, I think the group should be called "Ratholes'r'Us" but that's another story. Now we can't have a decent discussion about scripture with out food and drink, we are well provided for. We have muffins, home made cookies, coffee (both regular and decaf), and many other tasty treats.
So recently we have been studying the Acts of the Apostles and we are now on the tail end of chapter 27 (which is the getting close to the end). So in Chap 27 we find Paul aboard a ship heading to Rome. Travelling by ship in the first century AD was a perilous undertaking. So for someone to travel from the coast of Asia you either walked or you took a ship. If you walked, you had better have a centurion or two to protect you on the way.
 Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore.  So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.  But striking a reef, they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the surf.  The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape.  But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land,  and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought safely to land.
I did find an amusing parachute joke with several variations.
A doctor, a lawyer, a little boy and a pastor were out for a Sunday afternoon flight on a small private plane. Suddenly, the plane developed engine trouble. In spite of the best efforts of the pilot, the plane started to go down. Finally, the pilot grabbed a parachute, yelled to the passengers that they had better jump, and then he bailed out. Unfortunately, there were only three parachutes remaining.
When you can't do a thing with your hair wear pig-tails.
A pig-ture is worth a thousand words.
Life is not a dress rehearsal. Ham it up now.
Tell people you are not fat. Just saving water for the whole barnyard.
When your house is a pig sty. Hire a maid.
Be pig-headed only when it really matters.
Better to bring home the bacon than to cook it.
People love you more with a few extra pounds.
Be the little pig that went "Wheee-eee all the way home".