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A couple of weeks ago I bought some new boots for work because I have a job that can’t be done in Birkenstocks.  I trained for a Birkenstock job, I went to school for a Birkenstock job and I’m still paying off the student loans almost 20 years later now.  With a Birkenstock job?  No, with a boot job, and notice I distinctly said “Boot” with a T on ( Read more... )

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It takes me forever to finish a book these days, but I took in Christopher Moore's Fool and managed to savor every page.  Every once in a while there's a book that seems like it was tailor written for my own personal enjoyment, and this was one of those that feeds such narcissism.  I'm sure you'd hate it because it's filled with coarse humor, bad ( Read more... )

I was behind the curve on this story, but I'd heard today that Palin not only made an appearance on the Tonight Show, but that she did a stand-up set.  Would this have happened under Conan?  I think not.

Speaking as someone who's high school dream was to do a set on the Tonight Show, I can't help but think of all those tenacious road comics who have ( Read more... )

At the Los Angeles Int. Airport last Friday, a man was stopped at customs with 15 live lizards strapped to his chest. Considering what Delta charges for in-flight meals anymore, no one's shocked. Every couple of months, it seems, we get another story about these reptile smugglers strapping Australian snakes and lizards to themselves, hopping planes ( Read more... )

My Youngest Brother wrote Luka and I an email to thank us for his birthday present, which was cool.  He's a great guy (best man at our wedding, and all that).  But he kinda dropped a bomb on me in the second half of the email:

Oh well, anyway I got a question for ya. How do you write a joke? People say I'm funny (which always furrows my brow) but ( Read more... )