Baby it’s cold outside. So cold, in fact, I’ve barely been able to stir myself from the depths of my duvet after the bewitching hour of 9pm when we’ve set the thermostat to a temperature conducive to the onset of paralysis. That said, for Eddie Izzard, I would and did kick off the duvet, dawn an extra layer of long-johns, and head to TD Gardens in Boston on the coldest night of the year so far. What is it about Eddie that would motivate one enough to leave the comforts of a well heated house (that is well heated before 9pm) and drive 160 miles on the coldest night of the year for a few blessed hours in his presence? Where do I begin, and how long do you have? Apart from being fabulously funny (in my opinion, his comic genius is unparelled) his activism is testimony to his courage of conviction and personal drive. He’s also become my personal hero and a huge inspiration to me when he ran a seven week marathon through the UK to raise money for Sport Relief beginning on 27 July 2009. In just 51 days he ran 43 marathons. Think of it, the mind boggles!

The last time I had seen his live show was at the Brixton Academy back in the 1990’s. I fell in love with his performance then and have followed his goings on since. His show last night in Boston made my day, my month, possibly my year, and after seeing him, oddly enough, it didn’t seem quite so cold outside anymore.

Eddie Izzard during his performance at TD Garden, Boston, MA, Jan. 12, 2010

Getting a sense of how large the stage and backdrops were.

Couldn’t take my eyes off Eddie(s).

Collecting animals two by two.

Latin as a language, hmm.

Who else can make the f-word sound like a love song?

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