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“You use that as an excuse for everything,” she said. We were on the phone, and I was struggling to speak, stumbling and just getting words wrong. She teased me about it, and I told her it was because of … Read More »
I finally turned a corner towards improvement again, and this time without steroids. As I tapered off my course of prednisone, the pain of my herniated disc became worse every day. Things I’d started to get back were lost again, … Read More »
I can attribute a single action by my friend Phil for the end of my comedy career, my teaching career, and a marriage. It became so that when he greeted me, he’d never say “Hi”; he always just said, “I’m … Read More »
A fabulous daytime talk show in my home city, Harrisburg, PA, recently invited me to appear. The show is Good Day PA!, hosted by Amy Kehm. Here is the segment in full: Behind the Scenes This was actually my second … Read More »
tbb = throwback blog. More from the archives of my 2003-2006 road comedy years. In honor of her recent birthday, I’m featuring an adventure with my late grandma. This is the tale of Hazel on the road. I took her with … Read More »
tbb = throwback blog. More from the archives of my 2003-2006 road comedy years when I kept a photo journal on my dinky FrontPage website. For this week’s edition, I decided to share the tale of my first gig with … Read More »
tbb = throwback blog. This will be the first of many. In my road comedy years of 2003-2006, I kept a photo road journal on my website where I documented my adventures on and offstage. Those pages are still out … Read More »
I love it when I realize I’m a numbskull, because it means I’ve discovered something about myself that I can fix. It means I can be better. I started stand-up in 2000, and even though I took a hiatus from … Read More »