Friday, May 14, 2004  

Maybe the Latest Show Notice Ever

I will be performing at Nick's Comedy Stop at the Kowloon in Saugus, MA tonight and tomorrow. 8:00 and 10:00 each night. I believe I'm working with Paul Gilligan, who's hella funny.

Strengthen The Good

So look, I do my best not just to copy and paste stuff from other blogs here, but this post from the warbloggers at The Command Postis worth mentioning. Maybe I'm just a big softie since I became a dad, but this is a great way to turn something horrible into something decent.

In short, as a response to Nick Berg's beheading, they're soliciting donations to help Susan Tom's foster childred go to college:

Susan is the mother of 13 children, 11 of whom she has adopted, many of whom suffer from handicaps and diseases. Teenagers Hannah and Xenia were born without legs. Anthony has a degenerative and usually fatal skin disease. Eight-year-old Faith has disfiguring scars and no hair from being badly burned as an infant. Joe, 15, recently passed away from cystic fibrosis. Margaret, 18, helps Susan raise the family.

Send a few bucks. It'll help make the world better, and frankly, the world can use all the help it can get these days.

Freeway Blogger

Whoever this is, they officially rule:

The Freeway Blogger

Realpolitik Wrapup

Last night's show at the Milky Way was a bona fide blast. Everyone did great: Baratunde scared off the nine year old and his two mommies, Sean Lilly railed mightily on the politics of baseball, Paul Elwell stood his ground like a champ, Brian Longwell simply killed, Mandy Donovan was cute and mean, Sam Walters shared the story of his star-spangled hog, Andy O'Feisch turned 3 gin and tonics into comedy gold, and Tony Moschetto continues to crack me up harder than anyone on the planet.

I'd like to especially thank Steve Garfield for being an incredible sport about there not being a VCR to show his movie Run, Steve, Run. He'll be back on May 24 to try again.

My newfound work ethic paid off, as I worked out no fewer than six new bits. Somehow, somewhere, I've started loving comedy again. I don't know if it's the challenge of building a new night or if it's getting inspired by the Focused Four at the Boston Comedy Festival, but either way, it's FUN again.

Armchair Politics

Look, I'm just a nightclub comedian, and I went to public school, but it seems to me that if the stated purpose for going to war was to make America safer, but through mismanagement and bad leadership, the current administration ended up making America less safe, doesn't that mean that the whole thing is a failure and that the Bush cadre ought to be shitcanned stat?

Yay, Blogger!

Blogger, the blogtool I use to do this website, just rolled out some new
features. In theory, if they all work, I can send this post from email.

Also, just so you don't think I'm clogging your inbox with something so
stupid as a test post, I also think they've fixed the bug that sends
multiple posts.

Also-SHOW TONIGHT AT THE MILKY WAY! Realpolitik is back...we have Paul
Elwell, Brian Longwell, Mandy Donovan, Sean Lilly, Baratunde, and a few
short films, plus new stuff from yours truly and an idea I just had while
writing this. 8:00 at the Milky Way in JP.