Art's been gone for a few weeks to help his sister through a difficult time and there are fires everywhere. Time to reflect, appreciate the ones we love, and find some things to bitch about. 

Susan takes a break from criss crossing the state of Washington doing gigs to hang with her family at the beach. Art takes a break from the basement project to hang in his back yard tropical paradise. Both Susan and Art have an embarrassing story to tell. 

Some times, summer is full of fun and sad things all at the same time. Susan has been quite busy doing shows. Art had a bittersweet vacation in Bend and attended a wedding for his nephew that had an international flair as well as his father's 100th birthday party. 

The day before the 4th of July and it's getting hot in here. We talk about what friendship means to us the older we get and what's really important. Also, a funny sign in a dispensary window. 

Recapping our show in The Dalles at the Granada Theatre, a little politics, and a joke or two at the end as a way of saying thank you. 

Art's hell gig, pride week, you know who's legal comeuppance, and revisiting the Chat GPT discussion from last week with the results of some prompts we gave it. 

Artificial Intelligence is on the brink of exploding into our lives in a big, big way. Some smart people think humankind is in real trouble and some other smart people think A.I. will solve world hunger, global warming, and find a cure for cancer. Whatever you think about it, sh**s getting real whether we like it or not. And it's fascinating. Also, Susan did a show in a nursing home and Art's basement is coming along. 

We talk about Art's basement cleanup project and Amy Poehler's The Gentle Art Of Swedish Death Cleaning (Peacock Network) and what that means to anyone who's trying to declutter their home. Also, we talk about what an amazing night we had in Edmunds performing for the locals to raise money for the city and a charity. Working with the amazing Rod Long and Vince Valenzuela made for a stellar night. Then we moved on to talk about what's happening in the world of republican politics and their assault on women and drag queens. 

Susan has a show in the most unlikely of venues and Art has an injury that sends him to the ER for a memorable night. 

This is one of those days when you can't ignore the news. But we didn't just talk about politics. I mean, we did. But we also talked about our shows, Art's puppy fostering and other lighter stuff.