Rise & Fall

While I wait for the guest contributors to put together posts for me, it dawned on me that I haven’t done any postings for this month.  I figured I should write something just to let others know I’m still alive. It has been a relatively stress-free couple of weeks thus far where I have been able to come...

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Safety First

My physiotherapist told me earlier today that the ailments in my knee and back would be less painful if I got more sleep.  He said that when you get your optimum sleep of eight hours, it helps the body repair itself during rest.  It’s kind of hard to get a decent nights sleep with so much going on to try and...

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Copycat

Tony Robbins said if you want to be successful, you should find a person in whatever area you want success in and do what they do. My comedy coach said the same thing last week, and it’s starting to pay off. My coach had told me a couple months back to watch a comedy special of whichever comedian I want to...

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There Is No “I” In Team

It’s not about you. The more online articles that I read about being a comedy emcee, the more that one phrase stands out as being the principle thought.  I get that, as this weekend we have two great guys co-headlining.  But in a way, Friday night is about me. If I had been a regular comic and had a bit more...

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Funny Puzzles That Aren’t Puzzling

When you watch or listen to comedy, at what point do you expect to laugh?  Do you expect to laugh right when the comedian says the punchline?  If the comic takes his time with the joke to slow it down a bit, then tells the punchline, with the laugh following a second or two later, does that mean the comedian...

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