Road trips. It's part of life when you're in a working band. I was figuring out mileage for 2005 for tax purposes (write offs, baby!), and came up with some interesting numbers. Total travel as a band in 2005 (land, air, sea... naw, we never got on a boat, thank God) was a bit over 18,000 miles. Air travel was around 10,000 miles (remember the UK? About to do that one all over again). Road work in the States (in the van with Dashboard Jesus) was just over 5,000 miles. Locally, we all did over 3,000 miles or so individually getting to our gigs. No wonder we were exhausted at times. This year we did about 80+ gigs. Yeah, we were busy. I'd imagine 2006 will be just as busy for me but in a different sort of way sometimes. More solo acoustic gigs, and some promo/radio type stuff. Gotta get the word and the name out there, you know? Anyway, have a safe and restful MLK Day. Remember the man who put it all on the line for equality for EVERYONE, and ultimately gave his life. He was amazing. We should all have such courage and personal conviction. He had a purpose, may we all find ours. See you on Tuesday. Take care. Later, Butch