Category: Blog Posts

Measuring up the situation

photo credit: Phil McElhinney via photo pin cc

In high school, I ran for the track and field team. I ran pretty much every event: the 100-yard, 200-yard, 400-yard, and 1 mile events regularly and somewhat less regularly ran the 300-yard hurdles and the 2-mile. I could sprint and run long distance; a weird combination that once saw me run in the 1-mile… Continue reading Measuring up the situation

Two Years of Stand-up Comedy

Two Hour Mic Check at Beatnik's in Worcester, MA (Photo by Laura Miner, September 2011)

Today is my second anniversary of performing stand-up. I don’t care much for (mostly) meaningless dates but I’ve thought about it recently and realized that the first two years have been pretty distinct from each other. In the first year, I performed for the first time in August and waited until October to get on… Continue reading Two Years of Stand-up Comedy

I’m going to shoot you now

A wonderful statue I found in San Francisco: There are a lot of things to like about this statue such as the juxtaposition of the mythological and guns, a guy being trampled by Pegasus. But my favorite part: A guy who is simply saying to his enemy, “I’m going to shoot you now.” Such a… Continue reading I’m going to shoot you now

Picking on Kids

I don’t hate kids and I don’t think they’re stupid, they just don’t know very much. So my message to the children who put up this sign up in their classroom, life isn’t fair: It was hung in a preschool-looking classroom at a YMCA that is used as a practice space by adults at night.… Continue reading Picking on Kids

Recovering

Photo by Matt Aromando - July 2012, Boston, MA via Instagram

This blog isn’t just by me, it’s about me, too! So if you haven’t been following on Twitter or otherwise found out, I broke my arm just over two weeks ago playing dodgeball. It was so bad that I needed surgery the other day to have a metal plate put in my arm. Well, I’m… Continue reading Recovering

My Dental Hygienist and I

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I went to the dentist the other day for a routine cleaning (no cavities). My hygienist’s name is Alison and that’s all I know about her. My dentist, though, the guy who only sees me for 60-seconds every 6-months? Well I know his full name. My regular doctor? The same. With my dental hygienist, all… Continue reading My Dental Hygienist and I