I just need to stop momentarily to mention that I'm going to see John Mayer and Ben Folds in Chicago not this weekend, but next weekend. I am quite excited.

Ben Folds has been one of my favorites for years and I've always said that he's one of the best entertainers around. I haven't seen him since right after the release of Songs for Silverman, so I am quite thrilled to get the opportunity to hear and see him again.

And then John Mayer. You know by now how I feel about John Mayer, yes? Well I've never actually seen him before, so this is a serious treat. I've come so close so many times to seeing him play, but its never happened. This February when he came to Grand Rapids he played in the building next door to the one I'm in as I type this...and somehow I managed to be in Africa at the time. Things just have not worked in my favor until now.

To see John Mayer and Ben Folds in the same place on the same day, well this is what I would call good fortune, friends.