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Archive for August, 2010

Seattle comedy listings updated

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

I finally put on my little French maid outfit and got some housekeeping done around here; check out the new and improved Seattle Comedy Listings, which have been updated with a number of new items: The Seattle Comedy Blog is back in its rightful position of prominence. The blog itself isn’t updated very often, but [...]

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“Foodie” is a silly word

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

“I’m definitely a foodie,” she said. What does that even mean? This has annoyed me for a while now. I mean, I’m pretty damn enthusiastic about food, too — in that I eat some of it every single day. Multiple times per day, usually. And I prefer good food to crappy food. Doesn’t everyone? I [...]

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Don’t compare yourself to other comedians

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

One of the basic truths of a comedy career is that at various times, you’re going to pass some comics, and some others are going to pass you.1 There are a lot of good reasons to do comedy, but a maniacal desire to crush every other comic, in some sort of giant undeclared Comedy Thunderdome [...]

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