Hi Ya Kids

Honestly, some of what follows- not all- but a few things – I thought, “Should I put this on the website?” And then I realized that if we were on the radio I’d tell you this stuff so, why wouldn’t I tell you here? So here we go. You decide what I was conflicted about. (including ending a sentence with a preposition).

First, I want to thank you so very much for all your emails coming to me through this site. I have been HORRIBLE lately about responding to you. But I have reasons: (1) I have been negotiating with stations to get us back on the radio and (2) I have been traveling a bit on behalf of animals, speaking for their protection. But those are reasons, not excuses, and I am working on getting back to all of you 11 chuckleheads. So please keep writing to me. I love it. I promise I’Il will write back.

Speaking of animals, as I write this on November 4th, it was one year ago today that we passed Proposition 2, the most significant animal protection issue of our lifetime. There aren’t very many things of which I am proud to have accomplished in my life, but the passage of Prop 2 is one of them. Understand this, though: WE did it. I only had one vote. What I may have done was persuade you to vote “yes” by pulling the curtain back on something horrific you didn’t know about. Pam and I celebrated the 1 year anniversary with a bottle of Champagne tonight. I wish we could have all shared it. Next time we meet, drinks are on me.

And speaking of anniversaries, Pam and I celebrated our wedding anniversary on Monday. We’ve been married for 18 happy years. Actually, we’ve been married for 20 years – but only 18 have been happy. JOKE! (How many times has Pam heard
that?) Seriously, 18 years. To celebrate, we wanted to be home with our 436 cats. Pam made a great dinner and we watched “Dancing With The Stars”. It was perfect. We’re gonna go out someplace this weekend.

I know this isn’t very cheery, but wow – I have been missing my mom so much lately. Don’t know why. It’s just kinda been there. Those of you who’ve lost someone will understand. Those of you who haven’t – I hope you never do.

I realized the past couple weeks that if you’re typing an email or a text, the word “as”, when misspelled as “ass”, doesn’t get caught by the spellchecker. So I have been sending out emails that say things like, “We should do this ass we’ve always done it”. So be careful.

Now here’s something that will make me look like a moron, and I will get emails telling me why I’m an idiot. Someone will have an answer to this. But here goes. I’m taking a shower today (picture below)

And I was thinking about water being our most precious resource. Only 1% of the earth’s water is fit for drinking. (And of that 1%, 17% is used in the production and slaughter of livestock. Which is another story any time you want to talk about it). And I’m thinking, “I should take a short shower to save water.” And then I thought, “What happens to water when we use it? It goes down the drain to the treatment plant and back into the sea or the environment someplace. But it doesn’t disappear.” My Dad told me, “Matter cannot be created nor destroyed. Only changed in form”. So wherever the water we use goes, it ends up back on earth somewhere. Now, don’t be mad at me. There is no one greener than me. And I realize there is flawed logic in this – and I’m not understanding something fundamental. I know I’m ignorant. So what’s the answer? Maybe the water we use ends up in the ocean and can’t evaporate into fresh water and come back as rain. I dunno. So email me, and don’t hate me for asking. I’ll let you know what the smart people said next time I write. (Nonetheless I only took a 12 second shower. I will wash the top half of me tomorrow.)

Next “Live From Jerry’s Garage” is Wednesday November 11 at 9am. You can join us live or anytime on demand afterwards.

Sorry for the long blog. It makes up for the short ones. (That’s what she said.)

Love,
Jerry