Relaunch Into The Same Deep Waters – With The Same Rickety, Leaky Boat
When you pursue your passion, something that you enjoy it should bring you and those around you joy, revelling in the good times and plowing your way through the bad times. When you are a comedian and you struggle, it sucks. I don’t care who you are, nobody likes to fail even occasionally, even though failure...
Read MoreThis PC Isn’t For Gamers
Greetings from the unstable comedy landscape that is known as The Stand-Up Diaries! Here’s hoping your summer is going well and that you had a chance to take in the Great Plains Comedy Festival that recently wrapped up. I know that I covered the subject of comics possibly offending the audience in an earlier...
Read MoreWhich “F” Word Should I Use This Time?
You don’t have a blog garner the supposed following this one has without making a few mistakes along the way. That’s the price you pay for progress. When I first started to write, it was for the benefit of my friends, thinking they would appreciate the insight that I could bring from the comedian’s...
Read MoreHumpty Dumpty & The Irish Peace Treaty
He read the material with focus and intent, yet more quickly than I anticipated a creative type would. Without much expression, his eyes scanned the pages trying to get a sense of what he was reading. After ten pages that took maybe a minute, he handed the material back to me. I asked for his opinion of what he...
Read MoreYou Know? You Think You Know?
Do you know what hard work looks like? Think about your current job/career. Are there quantifiable, measurable terms that you can use to gauge how hard you work? Think about that for a moment. Now, with that picture firmly in your mind, do you think you have a good idea of what hard work looks like in the...
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