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Archive for January, 2010

Chinese animation explains Conan vs Leno

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

I would start watching local news again if it was half as awesome as this:

I don’t care how many copyright laws and trade agreements were broken when Conan morphed into the Incredible Hulk — that kicked serious ass.
Pretty much the entire planet has already had a bite at this apple, but to restate the obvious: [...]

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It’s all Jay Leno’s fault

Friday, January 15th, 2010

I’ve had to take a bit of a break from blogging this week due to a hiccup in the land of Annoying Personal Crap. I’ll be back to making regular updates sometime next week.
I’m about a week behind on email and all that, so thanks for your patience while I catch up.

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Some help from the ladies, please

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

I got chastised, the other day, for giving “lame hugs.” I am apparently not sufficiently gropey when I hug my female friends.
Please bear in mind that this critique came from my friend/co-worker’s long-time girlfriend. Call me crazy, but it seems like a good thing that I don’t get all pervo when in close contact [...]

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My first weekend of hosting

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

This past weekend marked an exciting milestone for me, as it was my first weekend hosting at a comedy club. It wasn’t my very first time hosting on a weekend — that happened last month — but it was my first time hosting all four weekend shows.
The venue was Giggles, and the headliner was 2009 [...]

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Send Big Irish Jay to the motherland

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Jay Hollingsworth is big. And Irish.He really should have some kind of nickname.
My friend and fellow comedian Jay Hollingsworth, a.k.a. Big Irish Jay, is in a comedy competition in which the winner goes to Ireland. Jay is just about the nicest guy you could possibly meet, incredibly supportive of his fellow comedians and always with [...]

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