Woke up yesterday with rib hurting more than it did the day before. Jen concluded her contact lens must've fallen out of her eye, if it was even there. Charles still had a deep cut on his foot.

Trip to Columbus was only about six hours, seven accounting for going back into EST. Keith from The Moving Parts and his wife Wendy were kind enough to let us crash at his place. Stopped there first to leave our bags n' things. Their dogs were hilarious. Lot of dogs on this tour.

Bernie's Distillery reminded me of the Abbey Lounge and O'Brien's circa 2003. Charles kept threatening to make out with everyone in the room. Awesome as that would have been to watch, it never happened. The place was a bit dead—early in the week again, so it was expected—but somehow we walked away with a bit of cash and sold last copy of Leave Your Light On that we brought with us. Help Is On The Way's drummer had a Moonie thing going. Keith's band The Moving Parts was great. Everyone was really cool.

Keith and his bandmate Tony took us to a hot dog place called Dirty Frank's. Nothing but hot dogs on the menu. One of the items was The Glenn Beck ("Just a plain old wiener", very accurate). I had the Sriracha(sp?) Slaw Dog. That and the tater tots were amazing. Worth coming to Columbus again just to eat there.

Big thanks again to Keith and Wendy for letting us crash at the last minute. It was a big help.

Sitting at a Panera at the moment, eating a bagel and chugging down less than adequate coffee while Charles is at the urgent care. Might catch up on some reading. Nine Stories is great.

Henry's phone

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