I think it's gonna be a good show

Nine years ago last week, "Ding Dong... You're Wrong" debuted. Who knew where it would take me? I could tell you all the friends I made, bands I met and things I did that I never thought I would all because of the show, but who has time for that? Let's just say that without it, I'm nothing.

Three years ago last month, the final episode aired. It wasn't meant to be the final episode, but it worked out that way. It was unedited footage of a Deadly Snakes show, that crazy one at Manitoba's. If I knew it would be the very last show, I'd have made a little more fanfare. Or, you know, edited it.

That's no way to go out. Maybe it took me three years to really figure that out, but I always knew it was true. And so, my vague plan to have a 10th anniversary DDYW special is off. The new plan? A 10th anniversary season. We're going to begin airing in early 2005, and we're going to do our damndest to get Brooklyn and Manhattan airtime.

I was a little more excited about this before I opened the bills I've been putting off and learned I owe cable and ConEd a combined total of $521.42. But I will not let that get me down! After all, I have lots of possessions to sell on eBay. And that way, if I ever move, it will be that much less to pack.