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September 1st. A new month and new business.

…at 8:00pm on Thursday September 10th I’ll be reading one of my punk rock stories at the monthly “Sit and Spin” show at the Comedy Central Stage at the Hudson Theater. This is a FREE show people… In this troubled economy you can’t do better than that – a bunch of funny folks reading someContinue reading “September 1st. A new month and new business.”

When in doubt, check in with The Masters…

A guy I know recently posted this on his website. I post it here for the dual purposes of reminding myself of these principles and for spreading their genius. If any of you don’t know who Bill Hicks was, start googling immediately… BILL HICKS’ PRINCIPLES OF COMEDY 1. If you can be yourself on stageContinue reading “When in doubt, check in with The Masters…”

officially “Late August” now.

I hadn’t planned on doing another post until I had some big news to share. Well the big news (re: that job I mentioned) hasn’t come yet, but I got SOME news worth sharing, so here it is: I have been invited to tell/read one of my Punk Rock stories in the September 10th “SITContinue reading “officially “Late August” now.”

“Mid-to-Late August”

Still waiting to hear about that possible job while we wind down the Summer that never really was… It was cool and overcast for most of the day nearly every day and, so far anyway there hasn’t really been an “LA Heatwave” to speak of. We’re not completely out of the woods of course. I’veContinue reading ““Mid-to-Late August””

Wrapping up another Month.

“June Gloom” finally cleared out sometime around July 18th and the real “Summer” has arrived in LA. I’ve got little to report. More writing, more walking and hiking, some running. More teaching too “my” class did their first improv performance last week and I think I was more nervous than they were. They did great.Continue reading “Wrapping up another Month.”