Hey John,

How is it that 2020 took 9 years and 2021 took just 6 weeks? Everyone’s sense of time is totally broken. I’m probably sending you this email in the past. Or maybe the future. I really can’t tell.

I’m currently in the present (I think) in Vancouver, on my first trip abroad in almost two years. Since the last time I was in Canada right before, we’ll, you know. This is the last city on my 2021 Descent into Madness Tour. I’m honestly not sure if I’ll be going on the road a lot next year. Been doing it non-stop for 14 years and I think a change could do me good. (Copyright Sheryl Crow.) I love doing virtual shows and shows in LA. Where I don’t have to travel to do exactly what I can do from my home. (But if you do want to come to a Vancouver show, click HERE.)

The view from this comedy condo is stunning, no doubt. See the picture I just took, below. But is it worth COVID testing and masking and hand shaking and people breathing near me a bunch? Not sure anymore. I’m definitely doing my best to get rid of hand shaking in my life. I would much rather have sex with someone. Far less points of contact. As our forefathers so wisely taught us, there’s no doggy style for handshakes.

Look when I get to a place where I’m making enough money on the road that I can afford to always bring my loved ones and we can see the sights from a glass Pope-Mobile type thing, then maybe I’ll feel different about it. But until then, going into the worldwide teleportation theater I built in my home (see picture below) and performing in Mad Town, our little virtual community, to a global audience of Mad Ones, and then when it’s over being ten feet from my couch, dog, and girlfriend, (not in that order, on account of people having more emotions than dogs or couches) is a pretty damn good situation for me. Join us for a special Sunday matinee show this Sunday at 2p/5e. Get a ticket HERE.

I also have a few big things planned for next year, and I will be announcing them hopefully soon. So stay tuned. From right where you are works great.

Gleib

@bengleib

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