Hell: Paradise Found==>A-

Yes, I want all of my loyal and faithful readers and followers out there in the hinterlands, wastelands and boondocks to have a great Thursday.

Frankly, Thursday has never been a big day for Billi Pod. It is just between Hump Day and TGIF. Anyway ... moving on to ...

Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s entertainment event HELL: PARADISE FOUND, questioning whether Heaven is really all it is cracked up to be==>A-.

Very funny, well-acted and extremely profane, but it also addresses the serious issue that one day we will be held accountable for our actions and they will determine where we spend eternity.

An interesting side-note==>Seth Panitch, who is the writer, director and one of the performers, is an associate professor of theatre and head of the Master of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Arts acting programs at The University of Alabama. And, most of the cast and production company are either graduating or recently graduated UA department of theatre and dance students.

Meaning that Billi Pod, a mega-Gator, is recommending a show with strong ties to The University of Alabama. Well ... that’s show business ... so just live with it Billi Pod ... just live with it.

Bottom-line==>need a laugh, then see the show. If you are the slightest bit uneasy with religious “satire” and irreverent comedy then stay far far away.

Tonight’s entertainment event is ... 

8:00==>THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA - “A raucous and irreverent four-character musical comedy about a dysfunctional family struggling to survive in a world where smoking has recently been outlawed.” (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)

This is playing at a theater in my immediate ‘hood. I think it will fall into the “love-it or hate-it” category. 

This is what my theater-buddy Marty Kosarik had to say about it on his FaceBook Wall: “Just saw the new musical The Last Smoker In America. Very stupid. Not believable at all. COMPLETELY entertaining! Laugh out loud FUN!”

So ... we will just have to see for ourselves.

I want to share some information with you loyal and faithful readers and followers about the major downside of living in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World. What am I talking about I know you are all asking your inner selves ... well ... this is it ...

Manhattan rents are soaring to their highest levels in two years. The "average" monthly rent in Manhattan is $3,778, up 9 percent in a year. OMFG!!

These are the current “average” rents in Manhattan:

Studio - $2,569

1-bedroom - $3,386

2-bedroom - $4,686

3-bedroom - $6,940

Yeah, I know ... these numbers are indeed "OMFG" inducing. I have another year to go on my current lease, but, honestly, I don’t foresee any possibility of a rental downturn in the immediate future. Oh well ... 

So, on this happy note I will post this and then go on a walk-and-wander session, probably down in Chelsea.

Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>4.15 miles

GO YANKEES AND GO GATORS!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”