...I'm watching (finally) this past Saturday night's SNL, with Lindsay Lohan and Pearl Jam. Mostly fer PJ.

Eddie Vedder looks like he did in the early 90s, 'cept a little older. He looks good, and they SOUND good. They played two selections from the new album, and damned if I don't smell a tour coming up.

I might wanna start saving the money now....



In '92/'93 or thereabouts, I was going to work the graveyard shift in Seattle. I stopped at the West Seattle Thriftway on the way to work to buy smokes and something fer lunch.

I was standing at the checkout line....when I noticed a familar face. Guess who?!?

Yep...it was him, buying 2 bottles of red wine and 2 packs of Marb Reds. I got a tad bit jittery and kept dropping things. He picked stuff up for me, and made a few sweet comments and chatted with the checker for a moment, then paid for his stuff and went off into the night.

Flabbergasted, I inquired of the check-out guy if that was, indeed, whom I thought it was. "Oh yeah....Eddie comes in here all the time! Lives just down the road somewhere. He's a really nice guy, too. Always talking to everyone."

Wow....and he has the nicest smile....way better when yer satnding right next to him....