January 2012
8 posts
McDonald’s #McDStories Twitter marketing effort fell victim to thousands of Tweeters who went snarky on them. In other news, McDonald’s still doesn’t give a shit about you.
For the first time in two decades, nobody in California died from whooping cough. Also, for two centuries, no one in California has traveled in a covered wagon.
Blues singer Etta James is dead at 73. Her body finally said “At Last”.
The Peoples’ Choice Awards now has 43 categories. Awards will be issued by the Franklin Mint. Act now, operators are standing by!
Look Ma, I Set Up A Link on A Website
Tuesday afternoon, I was on Twitter. Writing jokes. Like many of my fellow comedians, I use Twitter as a virtual notebook to jot out zingers and pithy observations that might or might not be useful in front of an actual audience. Because I live to delight people.
Twitter is where I stumbled upon the news of the car accident that killed comedian Angelo Bowers and seriously injured comedian...
The Barbtian Chronicles: That One Time When Patton... →
barbaragray:
I witnessed something really gross happen last night. Something I wish I’d never experienced.
I saw one of my heroes be a total asshole.
I was booked on a show called Odd Thursdays at the Palace, a Chinese restaurant in Los Feliz. There is a small upstairs room that has become home to a few…
““As surely as Ron Paul speaks to a real issue—the state’s broad use of violence...”
– ta nehisi (via jsmooth995)
August 2011
2 posts
July 2011
1 post
April 2011
2 posts
The Greatest Nigerian Scam Letter Ever.
Like everyone else, I’ve received my share of scam emails from Nigeria. The emails generally run along the lines of: “We have a ridiculous amount of money owed to you by a blah-blah-blah Nigerian prince, and we need you to send us blah-blah-blah funds in order to release such funds”. Basically, the usual stuff that snares the occasional naive old lady from South Dakota. ...
December 2010
1 post
November 2010
2 posts
Profiles in Horrible Internet Dating Profiles
Huh?
October 2010
3 posts
Guided By Voices, Wiltern Theater
Last night I saw the original ‘92-‘96 lineup of Guided By Voices at the beautiful Wiltern theater with some good friends. Needless to say, they did not disappoint. Here are some images…
Robert Pollard
Mitch Mitchell
Tobin Sprout
September 2010
4 posts
“I always hear people say they started stand-up because they saw George Carlin or...”
– Greg Giraldo - R.I.P (via paulcibis)
August 2010
8 posts
ned hepburn: Justin Bieber to play Marty McFly. →
ronbabcock:
Clearly there are now two America’s running parallel alongside eachother in the space-time continuum. On the other one it’s ok to build mosques, eat eggs, and people read books. Kim Kardashian is just a stripper and Justin Bieber is a regular kid who likes to play catch.
And then in this reality they think it’s ok to remake Back To The Future, eggs kill you, nobody reads anything...
Joe Mande: New obsession: Early 90's Wendy's... →
Videogum.com posted this video earlier today. It’s called “Hot Drinks.” It was for Wendy’s employees in the 90’s to learn how to pour hot drinks. It’s also possibly the greatest song ever.
There’s another video to teach employees how to serve cold drinks. It’s called…
Fantastic!
July 2010
2 posts
Wow...
Sadly, this great show got canceled…
… while this piece of flying dogshit gets a 7th season…
TV, you break my heart sometimes.
June 2010
4 posts
May 2010
3 posts
April 2010
17 posts
My worst show ever.
The following is a post I wrote for a thread on the “Stage Time” forum of the comedy website A Special Thing. The thread is entitled “Worst Show Ever”:
Let me preface this story by relating the weird way I fell into stand-up: A little over 4 years ago, I went on an internet date with a woman who worked in the entertainment biz. We didn’t hit it off ...
