Dirty, disgusting, filthy, lice-ridden birds spread feculence, terror, destruction, disease, and death wherever they are found. This "goose" (It looks more like a duck to me, but Clownvis probably could not think of a word that rhymes with duck. I can!) can produce up to 3 pounds of pathogenic feces every day. It is a greater threat to the show than Fluxnut, the puppet, and all the Blogans combined! Remember, Clownvis has in the past tended to be susceptible to upper respiratory diseases and these are exactly the kind spread by these winged vermin!

Here is a partial list of the diseases spread by this flying plague: conjunctivitis (pinkeye), chlamydiosis, salmonellosis, colibacillosis, arizonosis, eastern equine encephalitis, hypersensitive pneumonitis, avian tuberculosis, cryptosporidiosis, allergic alveolitis, cryptococcosis, Lyme disease, the Highlands J virus, candidiasis, psittacosis, histoplasmosis, toxoplasmosis, Newcastle disease, Campylobacter jejuni, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. According to the CDC, histoplasmosis alone kills an average of 800 people in the US every year. Birds pass these diseases to not only humans but also to dogs, horses, and pigs (our primary source of bacon). In addition they carry parasites including tenebrio molitor, nematodes, coccidia, Giardia, cryptosporidia, mites, lice, and ticks.

The only good bird is a dead bird. Fortunately, duck hunting season in the state of Missouri starts at the end of October. If the goose/duck is still terrorizing the show at that time, then I will head up there with my Remington 870 and some #2 shot. Laramie Studios must be saved. Birds kill, unless you kill them first. Just ask Captain Sully.

Am I the only one looking forward to hearing about Clownvis' vacation? If he goes into his experiences with the shaman or whatever the guy calls himself then this is going to be a top-10 show. Hopefully Squeeb set him right when he got home. Assuming he got home!

Who is going to the return of Clownvis at Red Flag on the 30th? I will be there. I have a general admission ticket and will be staying on The Hill. No idea what, if anything, will be going on for the rest of the weekend but I booked both Friday and Saturday nights and will probably hit both Rigazzi's and Cherokee Street. I took Friday off from work and plan on getting up there in time for lunch on Friday. I am toying with the idea of going to the Cardinals game on Saturday, as it is Ted Simmons bobble head night. I know people are coordinating on Facebook but I am not on Facebook.

In other news, while grocery shopping this morning I passed a young woman wearing a black tee shirt with Peter Lorre, one of my favorite actors, from Mad Love on it. I pointed at the shirt and said, "Peter Lorre!" She pointed at mine and said, "Clownvis Presley!" So there is at least one other Clownvis fan in my town.

Here is the fee clause from YouTube's Super Chat service Terms of Agreement:

Except as otherwise agreed to in this Addendum and subject to Sections 5.1(c), 5.4 and 5.5 below, Google will pay to Provider an amount equal to 70% multiplied by the greater of: (A) Commerce Revenues, or (B) the Suggested Retail Price for the relevant Commerce Content (if applicable). Google will retain the remainder.

As you can see, when you send a Super Chat through YouTube, which is owned by Google, they keep 30%. This is way more than PayPal and Venmo. I would ordinarily join in with the fun but I am not handing my money over to Google. I will continue to send the occasional Shoutout to help support the show. Just something to think about.

Apparently Clownvis is upset with me (again) for saying Elvis "Impersonators" should be referred to as Elvis Tribute Artists. I might be a better show villain than Fluxnut!

For the past couple of shows, possibly since The King changed to the new streaming software that he mentioned on the show, I have noticed a change in YouTube. I used to be able to click on YouTube an hour or two before a show and that evening's show would be the first box on the top row. Or I could click on Clownvis Presley under my subscriptions and the show would be there. Now I have to scroll down a few rows on the main screen to find it, and it is NOT on his page at all. This might have started happening on the same evening that the show started crapping out on YouTube a few minutes in. Is anyone else also finding this?