A man walks into a comedy show carrying a bag smelling of WD-40

Katherine ordered WD-40 from Amazon.  The can was defective and pressing the button on top did not function so, at 7:15pm last night I brought a bag with a defective can to Whole Foods for refund prior to going to a comedy show across the street from Whole Foods, at O'Brien's bar 2 blocks from our home.

The Amazon employee at Whole Foods verified that the can was broken but because of the low price ($8), there was no refund...we don't want a refund - we want a WD-40 can that works!!!!

I passed by O'Brien's going back home, carrying a smelly WD-40 bag, to call Amazon Customer Service.  The bar was empty - was there a show to go on???   If there was, I never made it as I spent a half hour trying to get Amazon.....no success - I could not find a number to communicate with them.......dammit!! 

Ah well, a show was not meant to be.......what I do have to go to, first, to observe and after to participate is open mic nights.  There is one in Santa Monica on Monday nights - not next week but the week after???????

And something new:  I picked up a chromatic harmonica today - for the first time in a long, long, long time.........and will (hopefully) start doing this daily - initially with 4 songs to work on:  Someone to watch over me;  Somewhere over the rainbow; Stormy weather; Summertime.   Four songs starting with S.......what else should I add?

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