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Blog vacay will be over soon

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Regular content will resume next week. Thanks for continuing to read!

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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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That’s right, a weekend show! I just found out that I get to join the Giggles All-Stars this Saturday for shows at 8pm and 10pm. For those of you who’ve wanted to see me, but can’t make it to open mic on the weeknights, here’s your chance. Besides little old me, there are going to [...]

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Karma is a bitch

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

By sheerest luck of the draw, I was introduced at Sunday’s open mic by my friend Devin, the comic who hired me at my new job and is therefore also my supervisor. So when he introduced me as his bitch, I took the mic and made a comment about my boss being an asshole. I [...]

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I got a job

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

No, not a stand-up comedy job. Not yet. I got a part-time day job, as in “don’t quit your…” I had hoped to put this off until sometime in 2010, but my recent faceplant and subsequent dental work forced the issue. Also, a comedian needs a car, and that’s something I have to start saving [...]

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