Uncommon Common Denominators
Johnny Mathis sings it best when he says it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But for many people, it’s anything but, myself included. The holiday season does not evoke many positive memories from adulthood. Christmases of recent memory saw me homeless and living at The Salvation Army, being...
Read MoreWhen Nothing Else Matters
It has almost been 400 blog posts as we come to my ten year anniversary in stand-up comedy. In that time, this blog has amassed a global audience, that as of today, stands at 378 posts, not including this one, with an audience of 16,479 viewing The Stand Up Diaries 48,763 times in over 110 countries. Sure, the...
Read MoreGoing Down
Numbers can be a great equalizer, show a deficiency or lack, or empower you. But regardless of how you slice it, numbers never quite tell the entire story. You need to dig a little bit deeper. In looking at the numbers for this blog, it’s been about nine years and next year it should eclipse the 50,000 views...
Read MoreWhich Came First, The Comedian Or The Chicken?
I heard a comic I know say that some local comics aren’t getting any better, but they aren’t getting any worse. It’s as if they plateaued and are content staying there. Watching comics take too long to set up a joke and not make it relatable, or being away from the live shows for months only to...
Read MoreYou Need A Set Of Eyes To See A Vision
On my personal Facebook page, I have unfollowed every single one of my friends. I no longer receive their status updates to pop up on my news feed. This means that on occasion, I miss something of significance to comment or support. This has happened more than once. I’ve also unfollowed every single news...
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